drowsiness

«drowsiness» in Mova's school dictionary: the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.