dozedoze /dəʊz $ doʊz/ verb [intransitive] 
Word Origin Examples
Grandad was dozing in his chair.► see thesaurus at sleep—doze noun [singular]doze off phrasal verb to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to SYN drop off, nod off: I must have dozed off.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdoze
Verb TableOrigin:
1600-1700 From a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa ‘to sleep lightly’VERB TABLE
doze
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | doze |
| he, she, it | dozes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dozed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dozed |
| he, she, it | has dozed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dozed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will doze |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dozed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am dozing |
| he, she, it | is dozing | |
| you, we, they | are dozing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was dozing |
| you, we, they | were dozing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dozing |
| he, she, it | has been dozing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dozing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dozing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dozing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Geoff lay dozing gently in a sunlounger.
- He left his mother dozing by the file.
- Kevin often dozes in his chair instead of going to lunch.
- Some people managed to sleep, but most of us just dozed fitfully.
- All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.
- As we dozed off, we heard the sound of approaching footsteps and voices, which jerked us quickly back to life.
- From here she could see old Mrs Fermoyle dozing in her huge crib.
- Lying on the bed she had dozed rather than slept.
- While Celestine paid avid attention, Paula started to doze.
- With eel in her hand, the baby at her feet, Sethe dozed, dry-mouthed and sweaty.
THESAURUS► sleep
Collocations to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep: · Most people sleep for about eight hours.· He slept downstairs.· Did you sleep well?
► be asleep to be sleeping: · The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her.· He was fast asleep (=completely asleep) by the time I got home.
► oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning: · I overslept and was late for work.
► take a nap (also have a nap especially British English) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day: · I think I’ll have a nap.· She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap.
► have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed: · I think I’ll have a quick snooze.
► doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken: · I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing.· I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film.
► kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use: · I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days.· Is it alright if I kip on the floor?
Longman Language Activatorto sleep for a short time► have a nap especially British /take a nap especially American to sleep for a short time during the day: · I was having a nap by the fire one evening when I was woken up by the doorbell· Try to take a nap in the afternoons if you're feeling tired.· The director always takes a nap around this time.
► doze to sleep lightly for a short time, so that you wake up and go back to sleep again, often while you are sitting in a chair or when you do not intend to: · He left his mother dozing by the fire.· Geoff lay dozing gently in a sunlounger.doze fitfully (=to sleep for very short periods): · Some people managed to sleep, but most of us just dozed fitfully.
► snooze /have/take a snooze to sleep for a short time, especially during the day when you do not usually sleep: · The baby was snoozing peacefully in her stroller, so we stopped to have a drink.· The study showed that if pilots on long-haul flights take a brief snooze in the cockpit, they're more alert for the landing.
► grab/snatch some sleep informal to sleep for a short time when you have a chance to, because you are very busy and cannot sleep at your usual time: · I'll go home, snatch a couple of hours' sleep and meet you at four.· I grabbed a little sleep on the train, but it wasn't enough.
► have a sleep British to sleep for a short time during the day because you are tired: · Are you tired? Why don't you have a sleep this afternoon?
to start sleeping► go to sleep · Are you two going to stop talking and go to sleep?· I looked over at Dave, but he had gone to sleep.· He lay on the sofa and pretended to go to sleep.go back to sleep (=go to sleep again after waking up) · If I wake up in the night, it takes me ages to go back to sleep.
► fall asleep to go to sleep - use this especially when you do not intend to, when you go to sleep quickly, or when going to sleep has been difficult: · Dad always falls asleep in front of the TV after Sunday lunch.· Has Monica fallen asleep yet?· I must have fallen asleep with the light on last night.fall asleep at the wheel (=while you are driving): · One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
► doze off to go to sleep when you do not intend to and sleep lightly for a short time: · Sorry, I must have dozed off for a few minutes.· I was just beginning to doze off when the telephone rang.
► drop off to go to sleep easily and peacefully: · At around 12.30, she did eventually drop off for an hour or so.· She kept dropping off for a few minutes, before waking with a start.drop off to sleep: · Janir had dropped off to sleep on the living room couch.
► nod off to go to sleep when you are sitting down, especially when you are trying hard to stay awake: · Sarah had almost nodded off when Victor suddenly spoke.· As the speaker droned on, only the occasional nudge from my husband kept me from nodding off.
► drift off to go to sleep gradually: · He must have drifted off again, for when he awoke, the train had come to a halt.· She was just starting to drift off, when she heard a scream downstairs.drift off to sleep: · That night as he drifted off to sleep, Quincy tried to imagine what the day would have been like if Marta had been there.
► be off British if someone, especially a baby, is off , they have started sleeping: · Is the baby off yet?· I always wait until he's off before I turn the light out.
► be out like a light informal to go to sleep very quickly and deeply because you are very tired: · I went back to bed, and was out like a light.· After a day on the ranch, you'll be out like a light, I can tell you.
► crash out/flake out informal to fall asleep very quickly, especially in a place where you do not normally sleep: · "Did you get any sleep last night?" "Yeah, I crashed out as soon as my head hit the pillow."· He'd flaked out on my bed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► off
Phrases· Well, on the way back - before we met up with the Space Shuttle - I dozed off.· Finally, tired, he sat down on a park bench to rest and dozed off.· He dozed off with the familiar, soothing noise of Firelight's hay-chomping over his head.· He fought sleep but still dozed off, waking with a sputter when he slipped under the surface.· Lampard was not surprised; on his first raid he himself had dozed off while the enemy barbed-wire was being cut.· But almost immediately, he dozed off in his chair.· If you dozed off and the computer happened to break down, the silence generally woke you.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► light sleep/doze
to sleep lightly for a short time: - About two hours every night is spent in light sleep.
- Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
- I'd been in a light sleep.
- Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep, just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused.
- Then a sudden wave of exhaustion swept over her, and she slid into a light doze.
Grandad was dozing in his chair.► see thesaurus at sleep—doze noun [singular]doze off phrasal verb to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to SYN drop off, nod off: I must have dozed off.