CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DROWSE
PRESENT
Present
I drowse
you drowse
he/she/it drowses
we drowse
you drowse
they drowse
Present continuous
I am drowsing
you are drowsing
he/she/it is drowsing
we are drowsing
you are drowsing
they are drowsing
Present perfect
I have drowsed
you have drowsed
he/she/it has drowsed
we have drowsed
you have drowsed
they have drowsed
Present perfect continuous
I have been drowsing
you have been drowsing
he/she/it has been drowsing
we have been drowsing
you have been drowsing
they have been drowsing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I drowsed
you drowsed
he/she/it drowsed
we drowsed
you drowsed
they drowsed
Past continuous
I was drowsing
you were drowsing
he/she/it was drowsing
we were drowsing
you were drowsing
they were drowsing
Past perfect
I had drowsed
you had drowsed
he/she/it had drowsed
we had drowsed
you had drowsed
they had drowsed
Past perfect continuous
I had been drowsing
you had been drowsing
he/she/it had been drowsing
we had been drowsing
you had been drowsing
they had been drowsing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will drowse
you will drowse
he/she/it will drowse
we will drowse
you will drowse
they will drowse
Future continuous
I will be drowsing
you will be drowsing
he/she/it will be drowsing
we will be drowsing
you will be drowsing
they will be drowsing
Future perfect
I will have drowsed
you will have drowsed
he/she/it will have drowsed
we will have drowsed
you will have drowsed
they will have drowsed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been drowsing
you will have been drowsing
he/she/it will have been drowsing
we will have been drowsing
you will have been drowsing
they will have been drowsing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would drowse
you would drowse
he/she/it would drowse
we would drowse
you would drowse
they would drowse
Conditional continuous
I would be drowsing
you would be drowsing
he/she/it would be drowsing
we would be drowsing
you would be drowsing
they would be drowsing
Conditional perfect
I would have drowse
you would have drowse
he/she/it would have drowse
we would have drowse
you would have drowse
they would have drowse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been drowsing
you would have been drowsing
he/she/it would have been drowsing
we would have been drowsing
you would have been drowsing
they would have been drowsing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you drowse
we let´s drowse
you drowse
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
drowsing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROWSE»
Discover the use of
drowse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
drowse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal
Do you know," said Drowse, " that's worth consideration ! I'll sleep on that idea of
yours." There are, so Drowse says, only a few instruments of torture now
permitted by the law ; but the Committee of the Privy Council is one of them. It
consists ...
2
Individual Differences in Infancy: Reliability, Stability, ...
Quiet Sleep Active Sleep FIG. 5.1. Interlinking of the primary states, based on
intrainfant correlations. Quiet Sleep and Drowse can be seen as antecedent to
the later ages when Drowse immediately precedes Quiet Sleep (i.e., Non-REM
Sleep) ...
John Colombo, Jeffrey Fagen, 2014
3
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
To DROWSE, v. a. [droojen, Dutch.] To make heavy with sleep. Milton. To
DROWSE, v. n. 1. To slumber; to grow heavy with sleep. Milton. a. To look heavy;
not cheerful. Shake. DRO'WSIHED. s. Sleepiness; inclination to sleep. Obsolete.
4
Dictionary of Confusable Words
DOZE/DROWSE/SNOOZE 65 (you almost certainly are, as I would agree), 'You
are indubitably right' (you definitely are, and I readily concede as much). douse/
souse/dowse To douse something is to extinguish it: 'We doused the blaze with ...
5
Comus: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, Before the ...
Drowse frighted is nonsense, and manifestly an error of the press in all the
editions. There can be no doubt, that in this passage Milton had his eye upon the
description of Night, in K. Hen. VI. P.ii. A.iv. S.i. And now loud-howling wblves
arouse ...
John Milton, Henry John Todd, 1798
6
Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature
Light thickens ; ' and the crotf Makes wing to the rooky ' wood : Good things of day
begin to droop and drowse ; to partake of what she has snatched from the ground
, and emits a sound resembling chuck, or cluck. Othello, Act III. makes use of ...
7
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
See drop (sense 7 of the verb). 2 she kept dropping off: fall asleep, doze (off), nap
, catnap, drowse; informal nod off, drift off, snooze, take forty winks. drop out of he
dropped out ofhis studies. See drop (sense 8 of the verb). 262 REFLECTIONS ...
8
Pantologia: a new cabinet cyclopaedia, comprehending a ...
(from drowse.) 1. Sleep- ily ; heavily (Dry den). 2. Sluggishly; idly; slothfully; lazily
(Raleigh). DROWSINESS, s. (from drowse.) 1. Sleepiness ; heaviness with sleep
(Crasham.) 2. Idleness; indolence; inactivity (Bacon). DRO'WSY. a.
The "back-to-the-sack" Musical Drowse wakes you twice-$8.98*. The "his-and-
hers" Twin- Face Alarm, two separate movements, two separate alarms-$l 2.95*. -
suggested retail price WESTCLOX G WESTCLOX DIVISION GENERAL TIME ...
10
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
DROWSE, DROWZE tteii. — Ы, Pan, drukne, draugtte, drtwne, drone., to sink, be
drowned (Kalicar) ; led. druktta. The -nkn- was preserved in Swed, drutikna, A. S.
drumnian, to be drunk, also to sink, to be drowned. See Drunken. (E, Björkmau.) ...
Walter W. Skeat, Walter William Skeat, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROWSE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
drowse is used in the context of the following news items.
Allergic responses: Know how to react
It's a no-drowse, fast acting medication meant for allergy relief. If your friend tends to experience recurring sneezing or get itchy, then Benadryl ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
Pick'em Game: 2015 Player of the Year Standings
They're followed by ATLYinzer, 'Gentleman' Jack, and THE DROWSE ELEMENT. I see A.F. gave out prizes to POY in years past. I'll have to ... «Bad Left Hook, Jun 15»
Drowse "Melt" (video)
Portland experimentalist Kyle Bates dropped Soon Asleep, his latest solo album under the name of Drowse, earlier this month through the ... «Exclaim!, Jun 15»
Backyard still holds many family memories
Giggling roused me from my afternoon drowse. Our neighbor's two granddaughters were peering at me through a gap in the fence. I waved and ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
Season 27 - Week 3 - BLH Pick'em Standings
THE DROWSE ELEMENT took second with 53, and dmdm and RobbieManCZ tied for fourth with 49 apiece. Overall, Left high kick takes over ... «Bad Left Hook, Jun 15»
Resenha: 19º Cultura Inglesa Festival
Os paulistas puderam conferir de perto shows da banda de alunos Blue Drowse, a banda de professores da Cultura Inglesa Staff Only, ... «Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!, Jun 15»
Searching for candour in a political thriller
“Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wings to the rooky wood / Good things of day begin to droop and drowse / While night's black agents to ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
The Narcotic Story
The opening track from Drowse's debut LP, Soon Asleep, sounds like you're on drugs, which is precisely the effect Bates was going for. But not ... «The Portland Mercury, Jun 15»
Royal Ballet triple bill review – love and power danced on the knife …
Both dancers are vividly musical – the honeyed drowse of Debussy's score settles over their movements like pollen. They beautifully convey the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
"Melt" into Drowse's Hypnotic Exploration of Suicide and Medication
“Melt,” by Drowse, will make you feel like someone is holding your head under water in the Pacific Ocean. The track is at once beautiful, eerie ... «Noisey, May 15»
