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# drowsiness

«drowsiness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (drowsiness; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Drowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs warns that laziness and too much sleep lead to poverty. In the primary lessons: In health and safety: some medicines «may cause drowsiness», so adults must not drive. In stories it tells the reader a character is drifting off. Phrases: «may cause drowsiness», «feeling of drowsiness».

### examples

- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x1)
- This medicine may cause drowsiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x2)
- A warm room and a long film filled me with drowsiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x3)
- Drowsiness while driving is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x4)
- After lunch, a wave of drowsiness came over the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x5)
- Drowsiness is a sign that you need more sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x6)
- The cat yawned in drowsiness on the windowsill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x7)
- But, half way home, a great drowsiness came over him; he put down his pitcher, lay down, and fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: «drowsy», adverb «drowsily». Spelling: drowsiness (y changes to i). Safety: never drive or use machines when drowsy.

### In the corpora

- [For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.669/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drowsiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drowsiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.