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1. (v.i.) doze
to sleep lightly and briefly; nap.
2. doze
to fall into a light sleep unintentionally (often fol. by off):
to doze off during a lecture.
3. doze
to be dull or half asleep.
4. (v.t.) doze
to pass (time) in napping (often fol. by away):
to doze away the afternoon.
5. (n.) doze
a nap.
6. (v.t.) doze
to bulldoze.
Etymology: (1940–45; shortened form of bulldoze)
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| Definition of 'doze' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) doze, drowse
a light fitful sleep
2. (verb) snooze, drowse, doze
sleep lightly or for a short period of time
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1. (verb) doze
to sleep lightly
He was dozing in a chair.
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| Definition of 'doze' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) doze
a light sleep; a drowse
2. (verb) doze
to slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy
3. (verb) doze
to pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time
4. (verb) doze
to make dull; to stupefy
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Sense: to sleep lightly for short periods
The old lady dozed in her chair.
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 Afrikaans: dut, sluimer |
 Arabic: يَتَهَوَّم، ينامُ نَوْما |
 Bulgarian: дремя |
 Brazilian: cochilar |
 Czech: dřímat |
 German: dösen |
 Danish: døse |
 Greek: λαγοκοιμάμαι |
 Spanish: dormitar |
 Estonian: suikuma |
 Farsi: چرت زدن |
 Finnish: torkkua |
 French: sommeiller |
 Hebrew: לְנָמנֵם |
 Hindi: ऊंघना, झपकी लेना |
 Croatian: drijemati |
 Hungarian: bóbiskol |
 Indonesian: terlelap |
 Icelandic: blunda |
 Italian: sonnecchiare |
 Japanese: うたた寝する |
 Korean: 선잠 자다 |
 Lithuanian: snausti |
 Latvian: snaust |
 Malay: tidur-tidur ayam |
 Dutch: dutten |
 Norwegian: blunde, døse, halvsove |
 Polish: drzemać |
 Persian: چرت زدن |
 Pashto: چرت وهل |
 Portuguese: dormitar |
 Romanian: a moţăi, a aţipi |
 Russian: дремать |
 Slovak: driemať |
 Slovenian: dremati |
 Serbian: dremati |
 Swedish: dåsa, slumra |
 Thai: งีบหลับ |
 Turkish: kestirmek,şekerleme yapma |
 Taiwanese: 打盹 |
 Ukrainian: дрімати |
 Urdu: اونگھنا |
 Vietnamese: ngủ lơ mơ |
 Chinese: 打瞌睡 |
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