Crossword clues for drowsed
drowsed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drowse \Drowse\ (drouz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed (drouzd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. dr[=u]sian, dr[=u]san, to
sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy,
fall asleep, LG. dr[=u]sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down
with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
Dreary.]
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy
with sleepiness; to doze. ``He drowsed upon his couch.''
--South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
--Lowell.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: drowse)
Usage examples of "drowsed".
During the night he painted the knobs of this worm blue and then, while Cugel drowsed, he drove his off-worm around the vessel and exchanged it for Cugel's excellent off-worm, which he clamped into place on his own side.
Naturally our important business ashore can wait until you have drowsed and dozed to your heart's content.
The afternoon passed and Cugel drowsed to the gentle motion of the ship.
Many nights Will drowsed this way, his senses like stopped clocks long before that half-singing voice was still.
After that we just sort of drowsed for a while, spooned together, until Essie commented to the back of my neck, "Pretty impressive performance for old goat, Robin.
Among a scatter of palm trees horses and mules drowsed at tether, and human beings wandered back and forth.
While the creatures blinked and drowsed in the afternoon sun, little brown birds walked among and over them without the crocodiles even noticing, but Jill had no desire to try the trick herself.
These began to assume visible, tangible shapes as he drowsed, and to became personal entities, from which he woke, with little starts, to a realization of their true nature, and then suddenly fell fast asleep.