dozed

/ (dozd, dəʊzd) /

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adjective

mainly Irish (of timber or rubber) rotten or decayed

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Word Origin for dozed

C18: probably from doze

Words nearby dozed

doyley, D'Oyly Carte, do you read me?, doz., doze, dozed, dozen, dozens, dozenth, doze off, dozer

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How to use dozed in a sentence

Rector was attending a Sunday night game between the Yankees and Red Sox when he dozed off.
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My guess is he developed some irritation from flying and forgot to take his contact lenses out as he dozed off.
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They watched us from a distance as we dozed on kilim rugs after lunch.
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During his last press tour for the summer hit Now You See Me, Freeman famously dozed off during a TV interview.
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I dozed off twice while watching Zero Hour and kept having to rewind to the beginning to this tepid and snooze-inducing pilot.
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Over against the table, in a huge chair, dozed the priest who guarded the offerings.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole France
Thus surrounded by the sights and sounds of old, a glad contentment in her heart, she soon dozed off into a deep sleep.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
George ate some, but very little; however he drank a great jugful of water—then dozed and fell into a fine perspiration.
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But if the girls or women dozed, he gently tickled their cheeks with the foxtail hanging at the other end of the same stick.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
Erasmus yawned and dozed, or wrote letters to his friends making fun of these 'barbarous Scotists'.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen

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