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Doze

Doze Meaning & Definition
Doze Definition And Meaning

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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