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Definition of doze verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doze

verb
 
/dəʊz/
 
/dəʊz/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they doze
 
/dəʊz/
 
/dəʊz/
he / she / it dozes
 
/ˈdəʊzɪz/
 
/ˈdəʊzɪz/
past simple dozed
 
/dəʊzd/
 
/dəʊzd/
past participle dozed
 
/dəʊzd/
 
/dəʊzd/
-ing form dozing
 
/ˈdəʊzɪŋ/
 
/ˈdəʊzɪŋ/
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  1. to sleep lightly for a short time
    • I dozed fitfully until dawn.
    • We were dozing lazily in the sun when a loud noise woke us.
    Synonyms sleepsleepdoze ▪ nap ▪ snoozeThese words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active.sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
    • Did you sleep well?
    • I couldn’t sleep last night.
    It is more usual to say that somebody is asleep than that they are sleeping; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, use sleeping: ‘What’s Ashley doing?’ ‘Sh! She’s asleep.’ • The baby was sleeping peacefully. • The baby was asleep peacefully.     doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
    • He was dozing in front of the TV.
    nap to sleep for a short time, especially during the day.snooze (informal) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed:
    • My brother was snoozing on the sofa.
    Patterns
    • to sleep/​doze lightly/​fitfully
    • to doze/​snooze gently
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fitfully
    • lightly
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.
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