doze

[ dohz ]

/ doʊz /

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verb (used without object), dozed, doz·ing.

to sleep lightly or fitfully.

to fall into a light sleep unintentionally (often followed by off): He dozed off during the sermon.

to sleep for a short time; nap.

to be dull or half asleep.

verb (used with object), dozed, doz·ing.

to pass or spend (time) in drowsiness (often followed by away): He dozed away the afternoon.

noun

a light or fitful sleep; nap.

OTHER WORDS FOR doze

6 snooze, siesta, catnap, forty winks.

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Origin of doze

1640–50; originally (now obsolete) to stupefy, make drowsy; compare Scots, N England dialect dozened,Middle English (Scots ) dosnyt, dosinnit stupefied, dazed; akin to Old Norse dūsa rest, Swedish dialect dusa doze, slumber, Middle Low German dusen to be thoughtless; cf. daze

Words nearby doze

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, doyley, D'Oyly Carte, do you read me?, doz., doze, dozed, dozen, dozens, dozenth, doze off

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doze²

[ dohz ]

/ doʊz /

verb (used with or without object), dozed, doz·ing.

Informal. to clear or level with a bulldozer.

Origin of doze

First recorded in 1940–45; shortened form of bulldoze

How to use doze in a sentence

When you doze off, you’re inherently vulnerable, so your body needs to be able to respond to potential threats.
Take the best naps, with science|John Kennedy|January 19, 2021|Popular-Science
That means if you nap on the sofa, you might associate it with rest and doze off when you don’t actually want to do so, says Deirdre Conroy, who leads the behavioral sleep medicine clinic at the University of Michigan.
Take the best naps, with science|John Kennedy|January 19, 2021|Popular-Science
The tracking is detailed, too, covering how long it takes you to doze off, and the time you spent in light, deep, and REM sleep.
Skip the wearables and track your sleep with these 5 apps|David Nield|January 6, 2021|Popular-Science
He says he actually got some dozing done once it was his break time.
The world’s longest commercial flights, by the numbers|Rob Verger|November 20, 2020|Popular-Science

The Eureka Camp cot cradles you just enough to keep you in place while you doze off, which I found limits my tossing and turning through the night.
A Camp Cot Is the Key to Sleeping Well in the Woods|Graham Averill|November 9, 2020|Outside Online
Usually Mom would doze off at this point, opening an eye to catch only what she found pertinent.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The room was kept in a sort of twilight all day long, and made it pleasant for the new-born baby and his mamma to doze and dream.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
And asked me if I would excuse her falling into a doze, for she never felt well without it.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
One and then another fell into a doze; Sivert Jespersen also closed his eyes, but not in sleep.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
This would suit Kennedy capitally, and musing on the meeting of the morrow, he sank into a doze in the armchair.
Julian Home|Dean Frederic W. Farrar
When I could not otherwise occupy my mind, I endeavoured to force myself into a doze, that I might have a chance of a dream.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for doze

doze

/ (dəʊz) /

verb (intr)

to sleep lightly or intermittently

(often foll by off) to fall into a light sleep

noun

a short sleep

Derived forms of doze

dozer, noun

Word Origin for doze

C17: probably from Old Norse dūs lull; related to Danish döse to drowse, Swedish dialect dusa slumber

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