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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024doze1 /doʊz/USA pronunciation v., dozed, doz•ing, n. v. - to sleep lightly and briefly;
nap:[no object]dozing in the hammock when I called. - to fall into a light sleep unintentionally:[no object* (~ + off)]The students couldn't help but doze off during my lecture.
- to pass (time) in napping: [~ + away + object]to doze away the afternoon.[~ + object + away]to doze the afternoon away.
n. [countable] - a nap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024doze1 (dōz),USA pronunciation v., dozed, doz•ing, n. v.i. - to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- to fall into a light sleep unintentionally (often fol. by off ):He dozed off during the sermon.
- to sleep for a short time;
nap. - to be dull or half asleep.
v.t. - to pass or spend (time) in drowsiness (often fol. by away):He dozed away the afternoon.
n. - a light or fitful sleep;
nap.
- 1640–50; origin, originally (now obsolete) to stupefy, make drowsy; compare Scots, north, northern England dialect, dialectal dozened, Middle English (Scots) dosnyt, dosinnit stupefied, dazed; akin to Old Norse dūsa rest, Swedish dialect, dialectal dusa doze, slumber, Middle Low German dusen to be thoughtless; compare daze
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged snooze, siesta, catnap, forty winks.
doze2 (dōz),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., dozed, doz•ing. - Civil Engineering, Informal Terms[Informal.]to clear or level with a bulldozer.
- shortened form of bulldoze 1940–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: doze /dəʊz/ vb (intransitive)- to sleep lightly or intermittently
- (often followed by off) to fall into a light sleep
n - a short sleep
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Old Norse dūs lull; related to Danish döse to drowse, Swedish dialect dusa slumberˈdozer n |