Definition of Drowse off

1. Verb. Change from a waking to a sleeping state. "He always falls asleep during lectures"

Exact synonyms: Dope Off, Doze Off, Drift Off, Drop Off, Fall Asleep, Flake Out, Nod Off
Specialized synonyms: Zonk Out
Antonyms: Wake Up

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowse Off

drownd
drownded
drownder
drownding
drownds
drowned
drowner
drowners
drownest
drowneth
drowning
drownings
drowns
drows
drowse
drowse off (current term)
drowsed
drowses
drowsier
drowsiest
drowsihead
drowsihed
drowsily
drowsiness
drowsinesses
drowsing
drowsing(a)
drowsy
drowth
drowths

Literary usage of Drowse off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Glory of the Trenches: An Interpretation by Coningsby Dawson (1918)
"... like conversation below stairs, I drowse off into the utter contentment of the first deep sleep I have had since I was wounded. ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1882)
"... It takes a long long while,' He muttered. Janet turned—her smile Filled all his veins with sudden dread. He started, shook the torpid drowse Off him ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1882)
"Janet turned—her smile Filled all his veins with sudden dread. He started, shook the torpid drowse Off him like water; all around The ..."

4. What it is to be Educated? by Charles Hanford Henderson (1914)
"But this meal of unclean food and gross amount requires a lounge or a sprawling armchair in which to recover one's breath, and drowse off the effect of the ..."

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