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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drowse \Drowse\ (drouz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed (drouzd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. dr[=u]sian, dr[=u]san, to
sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy,
fall asleep, LG. dr[=u]sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down
with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
Dreary.]
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy
with sleepiness; to doze. ``He drowsed upon his couch.''
--South.
[1913 Webster]
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
--Lowell.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drowse \Drowse\, v. t.
To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make
dull or stupid. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drowse \Drowse\, n.
A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
[1913 Webster]
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drowse \Drowse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drowsing.] [AS. dr?sian, dr?san, to sink, become slow or
inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG.
dr?sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob,
akin to AS. dre['o]san to fall. See Dreary.]
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy
with sleepiness; to doze. ``He drowsed upon his couch.''
--South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
--Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drowse \Drowse\, v. t.
To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make
dull or stupid. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drowse \Drowse\, n.
A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. --Mrs.
Browning.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
drowse
n : a light fitful sleep [syn: doze]
v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze,
doze]
2: be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in
the 8 AM class"
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
drowse
n.
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
vb.
(lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
drowse
n.
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
vb.
(lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
drowse
n.
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
vb.
(lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
drowse
n.
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
vb.
(lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
drowse
Englanti vb.
torkkua, loikoilla, maata raukeana
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
إنعس
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
drowse //dɹaʊz//
дрямка
state of being sleepy and inactive
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
drowse //dɹaʊz//
1. задрямвам
To nod off; to fall asleep
2. дремя
to be sleepy and inactive
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
dřímat
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
dösen
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
drijemati, drijemež, pospanost
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
drowse /draʊz/
drzemać
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
1. cochilo
2. cochilar
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
1. uyuklamak, ayakta uyumak, pineklemek
2. uyku vermek
3. pinekleyerek vakit öldürmek
4. uyuklama, yarı uykulu yarı uyanık olma hali.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "drowse":
beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, dorm,
doze, dreamland, fitful sleep, hibernation, land of Nod,
light sleep, nap, oversleep, repose, saw logs, saw wood, shut-eye,
silken repose, sleep, sleep soundly, sleepland, sleepwalking,
slumber, slumberland, snoozle, snore, somnambulism, somniloquy,
somnus, take a nap, unconsciousness, winter sleep
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 瞌睡;
v. 打瞌睡;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 瞌睡
vi. 打瞌睡
vt. 使瞌睡
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