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doze¹ Definition

doze (dōz)

intransitive verb dozed, doz·ing

to sleep lightly or fitfully; nap; be half asleep

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Ice (& Swed dial.) dusa: for IE base, see dizzy

transitive verb

to spend (time) in dozing: usually with away

noun

a light sleep; nap

doze¹ Related Forms

dozer noun

doze¹ Idioms

doze off

to fall into a light sleep

doze² Definition

doze (dōz)

transitive verb dozed, doz·ing

Informal bulldoze (sense )

doze² Related Forms

dozer noun

doze Synonyms

doze

v.

doze Usage Examples

Converse of object

have: Here is Pumpkin having a doze at a vantage point on top of the climbing frame.

Adjective modifier

  • quick: Feel you need to have a quick doze at your desk in the afternoon?
  • brief: Officers also talked to drivers about ' microsleep ' - a brief doze that lasts between two and 30 seconds.

Preposition: on

sofa: Last week, they pushed a firecracker through the window of a heavily pregnant woman as she dozed on the sofa.

Modifying Another Word

  • just: DG: Well, I'm just dozing off, I hope your weather's better than ours!
  • then: We got the 5am fine and dozed then split at London Bridge.
  • lightly: Afterward I fell asleep once more, dozing lightly.
  • fitfully: For the rest of the day and through the night, the old man dozed fitfully.
  • peacefully: I peacefully dozed off, with that thought spinning around in my confused mind.
  • n't: By 7am I could n't doze any more and got up to make some tea.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: DG: Well, I'm just dozing off, I hope your weather's better than ours!
  • on: I manage to get into bed, ( properly this time ), and doze on and off until morning... .

Followed by a transitive particle

away: The senior officers relaxed in chairs, enjoying the warmth of the winter sunshine and dozed away the after-effects of the hearty meal.

Preposition: in

  • sun: Craig Brown was sat on an old tree stump dozing in the late morning sun, his fishing rod in hand.
  • chair: Spending a lot of time dozing in the chair, suppose this is the body's way of healing itself.
  • front: Raffi and Anthea were dozing right in front of the viewing deck, occasionally rolling around to get more comfy.
  • sunshine: This migrant spent most of the afternoon dozing away in the warm Spring sunshine.
  • armchair: Act 1 James a young Scottish farmer dozes in a large armchair by the fire.
  • corner: As he dozes in the corner, Eddie's envious that he can sleep without the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Preposition: for

minute: I didn't get any more sleep, tho I was able to doze for twenty minutes at Plymouth.

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