drowsiness
part of speech
noun (drowsiness; uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
Drowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs warns that laziness and too much sleep lead to poverty. In the primary lessons: In health and safety: some medicines «may cause drowsiness», so adults must not drive. In stories it tells the reader a character is drifting off. Phrases: «may cause drowsiness», «feeling of drowsiness».
examples
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- This medicine may cause drowsiness. tree →
- A warm room and a long film filled me with drowsiness. tree →
- Drowsiness while driving is dangerous. tree →
- After lunch, a wave of drowsiness came over the class. tree →
- Drowsiness is a sign that you need more sleep. tree →
- The cat yawned in drowsiness on the windowsill. tree →
- But, half way home, a great drowsiness came over him; he put down his pitcher, lay down, and fell asleep. tree →
note
Uncountable. Adjective: «drowsy», adverb «drowsily». Spelling: drowsiness (y changes to i). Safety: never drive or use machines when drowsy.
In the corpora
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drowsiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.