doze
verb /dəʊz/
/dəʊz/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- 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 sleepsleep- doze
- nap
- snooze
- sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
- Did you sleep well?
- I couldn’t sleep last night.
- 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.
- to sleep/doze lightly/fitfully
- to doze/snooze gently
Wordfinder- doze
- dream
- drowsy
- insomnia
- oversleep
- REM
- sedative
- sleep
- soporific
- tired
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fitfully
- lightly
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.