drowse

«drowse» in Mova's school dictionary: to be sleepy and half asleep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (drowse, drowses, drowsed, drowsing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To drowse is to be sleepy and half asleep. tree →

2) (old use) To drowse can mean to slip gently into a quiet, dreamy state. tree →

sense 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 →
• The hum of bees made the children drowse. tree →
• The old dog drowsed by the fire all evening. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drowse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.