'Drowse' definitions:
Definition of 'drowse'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Drowse'
From: GCIDE
- Drowse \Drowse\, v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drowse'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Drowse'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'drowse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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