About The Word Doze
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Doze
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What's The Definition Of Doze?
[n] a light fitful sleep
[v] sleep lightly or for a short period of time Synonyms | Synonyms for Doze: drowse | drowse | snooze Related Terms | Find terms related to Doze: beauty sleep | beddy-bye | bedtime | blanket drill | bye-bye | catnap | dorm | doze off | dozy | dreamland | drop off | drowse | drowsy | fitful sleep | forty winks | hibernation | kip | land of Nod | light sleep | nap | nod off | nodding | oversleep | repose | rest | saw logs | saw wood | shut-eye | siesta | silken repose | sleep | sleep soundly | sleepland | sleepwalking | slumber | slumberland | slumberous | slumbery | snooze | snoozle | snoozy | snore | somnambulism | somniloquy | somnolent | somnus | soporific | take a nap | unconsciousness | winter sleep See Also | catch a wink | catnap | dope off | doze off | drift off | drop off | drowse off | fall asleep | flake out | nap | nod off | sleeping Doze In Webster's Dictionary \Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d?sa to
doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s
dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw?s dull, stupid,
foolish. ???. Cf. {Dizzy}.]
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied
condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler
waked him. --L'Estrange.
\Doze\, v. t. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. --Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. --South. \Doze\, n. A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson. |
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