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Definition of Drowse
1. Noun. A light fitful sleep.
2. Verb. Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.
Generic synonyms: Catch A Wink, Catnap, Nap
Derivative terms: Doze, Snooze
Also: Doze Off
3. Verb. Be on the verge of sleeping. "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"
Definition of Drowse
1. v. i. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
2. v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
3. n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
Definition of Drowse
1. Noun. The state of being sleepy and inactive. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To be sleepy and inactive (qualifier also figurative). ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To advance drowsily. (qualifier Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ? sleepily make one's way.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drowse
1. to doze [v DROWSED, DROWSING, DROWSES] - See also: doze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowse
Literary usage of Drowse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"drowse, a slumber. Ou a sudden many a voice along the street, And heel against
the pavement echoing, broke Their drowse. ..."
2. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul? , Work without Hope draws
nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live. ..."
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