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Definition of "drowse" [drowse]

  • To be half-asleep: drowsed in the warm sun. (verb-intransitive)
  • To make drowsy: "drowsed with the fume of poppies” ( John Keats). (verb-transitive)
  • To pass (time) by drowsing. (verb-transitive)
  • The condition of being sleepy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drowse" in a sentence
  • "The instant I put out the lamp and drowse off the irritation starts and the lumps on my skin begin to form."
  • "And Captain Tom regretted the temporary indisposition that prevented immediate departure with them, and continued to sit and drowse more and more in the big chair."
  • "They drowse in the church, flap hands, clap hymns, and praise his name, his game of shame, his sins. posted by Hal Duncan | 3: 08 AM"