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# drowse

verb (drowse, drowses, drowsed, drowsing)

«drowse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To drowse is to be sleepy and half asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/#m1)
2. (old use) To drowse can mean to slip gently into a quiet, dreamy state. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, warm sun or a quiet afternoon makes things and people drowse, with a calm, sleepy feeling spreading over the place

### Examples

- The cat began to drowse in the warm sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/#x1)
- The hum of bees made the children drowse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/#x2)
- The old dog drowsed by the fire all evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drowse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drowse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drowse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drowse.html) on Mova free.