ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drowse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈdɹaʊ̯z/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Drowse is a verb meaning To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.

Meaning

To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.

Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily.
To make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep.
To be dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
An act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy.
(figurative) A state of dullness or inactivity, as if from sleepiness.

Ida had kept him awake while he drowsed his way up the old King's Trace in eastern Missouri, feverish and weak.

[William] Congreve held fast to the Greek poets, but otherwise seems to have drowsed his way through Trinity studies.

A few people were there, loitering away Sunday in their best clothes. The warmth drowsed them and replaced contentment.

But novv the Fume of his aboundant Drink, / Drouzing his Brain, beginneth to deface / The ſvveet remembrance of her lovely Face: […]

Depending on context, synonyms include doze, snooze.

Related dictionary entries include doze, snooze, nod, billowy, somnolize, rest.

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