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doze 1

 (dōz)
v. dozed, doz·ing, doz·es
v.intr.
To sleep lightly and intermittently.
v.tr.
To spend (time) dozing or as if dozing: dozed the summer away.
n.
A short, light sleep.
Phrasal Verb:
doze off
To fall into a light sleep.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

doz′er n.

doze 2

 (dōz)
intr. & tr.v. dozed, doz·ing, doz·es
To use a bulldozer; bulldoze.
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doze

(dəʊz)
vb (intr)
1. to sleep lightly or intermittently
2. (often foll by off) to fall into a light sleep
n
a short sleep
[C17: probably from Old Norse dūs lull; related to Danish döse to drowse, Swedish dialect dusa slumber]
ˈdozer n
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doze1

(doʊz)

v. dozed, doz•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to sleep lightly and briefly; nap.
2. to fall into a light sleep unintentionally (often fol. by off): to doze off during a lecture.
3. to be dull or half asleep.
v.t.
4. to pass (time) in napping (often fol. by away): to doze away the afternoon.
n.
5. a nap.
[1640–50; akin to Old Norse dūsa rest, Middle Low German dusen to be thoughtless; compare daze]

doze2

(doʊz)

v.t. dozed, doz•ing. Informal.
to bulldoze.
[1940–45; shortened form of bulldoze]
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doze


Past participle: dozed
Gerund: dozing

Imperative
doze
doze
Present
I doze
you doze
he/she/it dozes
we doze
you doze
they doze
Preterite
I dozed
you dozed
he/she/it dozed
we dozed
you dozed
they dozed
Present Continuous
I am dozing
you are dozing
he/she/it is dozing
we are dozing
you are dozing
they are dozing
Present Perfect
I have dozed
you have dozed
he/she/it has dozed
we have dozed
you have dozed
they have dozed
Past Continuous
I was dozing
you were dozing
he/she/it was dozing
we were dozing
you were dozing
they were dozing
Past Perfect
I had dozed
you had dozed
he/she/it had dozed
we had dozed
you had dozed
they had dozed
Future
I will doze
you will doze
he/she/it will doze
we will doze
you will doze
they will doze
Future Perfect
I will have dozed
you will have dozed
he/she/it will have dozed
we will have dozed
you will have dozed
they will have dozed
Future Continuous
I will be dozing
you will be dozing
he/she/it will be dozing
we will be dozing
you will be dozing
they will be dozing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dozing
you have been dozing
he/she/it has been dozing
we have been dozing
you have been dozing
they have been dozing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dozing
you will have been dozing
he/she/it will have been dozing
we will have been dozing
you will have been dozing
they will have been dozing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dozing
you had been dozing
he/she/it had been dozing
we had been dozing
you had been dozing
they had been dozing
Conditional
I would doze
you would doze
he/she/it would doze
we would doze
you would doze
they would doze
Past Conditional
I would have dozed
you would have dozed
he/she/it would have dozed
we would have dozed
you would have dozed
they would have dozed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.doze - a light fitful sleepdoze - a light fitful sleep      
sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
Verb1.doze - sleep lightly or for a short period of time
catch a wink, catnap, nap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off, drop off - change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"
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doze

verb
1. nap, sleep, slumber, nod, kip (Brit. slang), snooze (informal), catnap, drowse, sleep lightly, zizz (Brit. informal) For a while she dozed fitfully.
noun
1. nap, kip (Brit. slang), snooze (informal), siesta, little sleep, catnap, forty winks (informal), shuteye (slang), zizz (Brit. informal) After lunch I had a doze.
doze off fall asleep, nod off, drop off (informal), crash out (informal), drift off, go off, conk out (informal) I must have dozed off.
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doze

verb
To sleep for a brief period.Also used with off:
noun
A brief sleep:
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Translations
نَوْما خَفيفايَتَهَوَّم، ينامُ نَوْما خَفيفايَنْعَسُ
dřímatzdřímnutí
blundedøselur
torkkua
drijemati
blundablundur
うたた寝する
졸다
snaustisnūstelėjimasužsnūsti
snaudasnaust
drematidremež
halvsova
งีบหลับ
ngủ gà ngủ gật

doze

[dəʊz]
A. Nsueñecito m, siestecita f
to have a doze (after meal) → echar una siestecita
B. VIdormitar
doze off VI + ADVdormirse
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doze

[ˈdəʊz]
visommeiller
n (= nap) → somme m
to have a doze → faire un (petit) somme
doze off
vi (= fall asleep) → s'assoupir
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

doze

nNickerchen nt; to have a dozedösen, ein Nickerchen machen
vi(vor sich hin) dösen
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doze

[dəʊz]
2. visonnecchiare
doze off vi + advappisolarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

doze

(dəuz) verb
to sleep lightly for short periods. The old lady dozed in her chair.
noun
a short sleep.
doze off
to go into a light sleep.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

doze

يَنْعَسُ dřímat blunde dösen λαγοκοιμάμαι dormitar torkkua sommeiller drijemati sonnecchiare うたた寝する 졸다 sluimeren døse zdrzemnąć się cochilar, dormitar дремать halvsova งีบหลับ kestirmek ngủ gà ngủ gật 打瞌睡
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doze

v. dormitar, quedarse medio dormido.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

doze

vi dormitar
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References in classic literature ?
It will keep, and I feel hungry, and yonder seems a dingle where I can lie and open my knapsack, eat, drink, and doze among the sun-flecked shadows.
But his mind wearied quickly, and he was content to go back to his chair and doze.
He came out of a doze that was half nightmare, to see the red-hued she-wolf before him.
As he stood thus, with his brother on the other side, he fell into a heavy doze, of not a minute's duration, and awoke with a start.
Good night, dear fellow.' After dismissing his brother in this gracious way, he fell into a doze again before the old man was well out of the room: and he would have stumbled forward upon the logs, but for his daughter's restraining hold.
After which Mr Dorrit was seized with a doze for about a minute, out of which he sprang with spasmodic nimbleness.
This was such a vast speculation that he fell into a doze again, and slept until the fire was quite burnt out.
Lock!' prevented his relapse into a doze. Shaking himself as he got up like the surly brute he was, he gave his growl a responsive twist at the end, and turned his face down-stream to see who hailed.
Lock!' It was a light night, and a barge coming down summoned him out of a long doze. In due course he had let the barge through and was alone again, looking to the closing of his gates, when Bradley Headstone appeared before him, standing on the brink of the Lock.
I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, 'Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?' And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, 'Why cannot you always be a good man, father?' But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep.
'It is heartening to note that child had received seven dozes of oral polio vaccine during campaigns and three dozes in routine immunization from a health facility,' said Salman while speaking at a meeting with polio eradication partners at the Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication on Monday.
The parents of the affected child said that the child received seven plus dozes of polio vaccine but didn't receive any doze of essential immunization.