drowse

drowse englannista suomeksi

1. torkahtaa

2. torkkua

3. torkahtelu

0. Verbi

0. Substantiivi

drowse englanniksi

1. To be sleepy and inactive.

2. (quote-text)

3. {{quote-journal|en|year=1973|month=July|author=Melville Bell Grosvenor|title=Homeward with Ulysses|journal=National Geographic|volume=144|number=1

4. To off; to fall asleep.

5. To advance drowsily. (qualifier)

6. 1873, Twain|Mark Twain, ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today'' (1915 republication), page 285:

(..) the wary tadpole returned from exile, the bullfrog resumed his ancient song, the tranquil turtle sunned his back upon bank and log and drowsed his grateful life away as in the old sweet days of yore.

7. {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Sarah Mayberry|chapter=Cruise Control|title=Best of Makeovers Bundle|page=209

8. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

9. (RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)

10. (RQ:Lindsay Redheap)

11. The state of being sleepy and inactive.

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