Associations to the word «Drowse»

Wiktionary

DROWSE, noun. The state of being sleepy and inactive.
DROWSE, verb. (intransitive) To be sleepy and inactive (also figurative).
DROWSE, verb. (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
DROWSE, verb. (transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)
DROWSE, verb. (transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

Dictionary definition

DROWSE, noun. A light fitful sleep.
DROWSE, verb. Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.
DROWSE, verb. Be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats