Drowse

/dɹaʊz/

Synonyms for "drowse" (51 found)

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Noun(2 words)
beauty sleepbeddy-byebedtimeblanket drillbye-byedormdossdoze
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (15)

Noun(6 words)
dozesdrift offdrowsinessnapnod offnods
dreamlandfitful sleephibernationland of nodlight sleepnapoversleepreposesaw logs

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Collocations

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brief drowsedrowse contentedlydrowse during lecturesdrowse episodedrowse in classdrowse lightly during meetingsdrowse through a lecturefall into a drowsein a drowseshort drowsestate of drowse

Inflections

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Derivations

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Translations

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Finnish

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  • tehdä raukeaksi verb ((transitive) to make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness)

Sample sentences

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Novv vvhen as vvine had drovvned and drouſed the underſtanding: vvhen the night ſeaſon, vvhen the entermingling of men and vvomen together one vvith another (and namely, they of young and tender yeeres, vvith thoſe of elder age) had cleane put out & extinguiſhed all reſpect and regard of ſhamefaſt honeſtie: there began firſt to be practiſed all ſorts of corruption, for every one had all pleaſures readie at commaundement, and his choiſe of thoſe vvhereto by nature he vvas more prone and given to luſt after.

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

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

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[T]he wary tadpole returned from exile, the bullfrog resumed his ancient song, the tranquil turtle sunned his back upon bank and log and drowsed his grateful life away as in the old sweet days of yore.

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