drowse

English

/dɹaʊz/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To be sleepy and inactive.
  • (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
  • (transitive) To advance drowsily. Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.
  • (transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *drousen inherited from Old English drūsan inherited from Proto-Germanic *drūsijaną (mourn, look down), *dreusaną (fall).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*dreusaną

Gloss

fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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