13 definitions found for Doze

Doze DOZE, v.i. [See Dote.]
1. To slumber; to sleep lightly.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
2. To live in a state of drowsiness; to be dull or half asleep; as, to doze away the time; to doze over a work.
DOZE, v.t. To make dull; to stupify. Dryden uses the participle dozed, Dozed with his fumes; but the transitive verb is seldom or never used.

doze n 1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse] v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]

doze I. verb (dozed; dozing) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse dūsa to doze Date: 1677 intransitive verb 1. a. to sleep lightly b. to fall into a light sleep — usually used with off 2. to be in a dull or stupefied condition transitive verb to pass (as time) drowsily • doze noun • dozer noun II. transitive verb (dozed; dozing) Etymology: probably back-formation from dozer (bulldozer) Date: 1945 bulldoze 2 • dozer noun

doze
v. & n.
--v.intr. sleep lightly; be half asleep.
--n. a short light sleep.
Phrases and idioms:
doze off fall lightly asleep.
Derivatives:
dozer n.
Etymology: 17th c.: cf. Da. dÝse make drowsy

doze (dozes, dozing, dozed) When you doze, you sleep lightly or for a short period, especially during the daytime. For a while she dozed fitfully. = nap VERB: V

doze dəuz v. & n. --v.intr. sleep lightly; be half asleep. --n. a short light sleep. ødoze off fall lightly asleep. øødozer n. [17th c.: cf. Da. dÜse make drowsy]

doze
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Doze 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 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 Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson.

doze I. v. n. Slumber, drowse, nap, sleep lightly, be half asleep, be drowsy. II. n. Light sleep, drowse, nap, light slumber.

doze dəuz v. 1 Often, doze off. (take or have a) nap, catnap, drowse, sleep, slumber, Colloq snooze, have forty winks, drop or nod off, grab some shut-eye, Chiefly Brit (have or take a) zizz, Brit kip, US catch or log a few zees (Z's): I was dozing in the sun when the phone rang. --n. 2 nap, catnap, siesta, sleep; rest; Colloq snooze, forty winks, shut-eye, Brit zizz, kip, lie-down: I'll have a short doze before dinner.

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "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