to doze
43
2.3
- verb
- /doʊz/
:
dormitar
- After a long day of work, I sat on the couch and dozed off while watching TV.
Old folks perpetually dozing, hunched, contorted in their wheelchairs, face as pale as frozen pie crusts.
- Old folks perpetually dozing, hunched, contorted in their wheelchairs, face as pale as frozen pie crusts.
- And so I remember laying down on the couch in the living room with a pillow and just like dozing off.
Examples
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I must have dozed off quite late today.
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I must have dozed off.
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I turned my chair to the fire and dozed again.
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Sorry, I must have dozed off.
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You must have dozed off for a minute.
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The King began dozing off five minutes after the Assembly opened.
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The woman and man dozed a bit, though neither of them slept much.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then I dozed, dreaming, I think, and woke to the final call for my train.
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Carl spent the afternoon doing the books while I dozed on a cot at the office end of the greenhouse.
Fiction book (1992) -
No one had come to investigate the gunshot, and the night clerk was dozing behind the counter.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
376
1.0
To start sleeping
35
2.7
To fall asleep for a short time without meaning to
23
3.8
To slowly fall asleep without meaning to
23
1.0
To sleep for a short time during the day
15
3.8
To sleep lightly or peacefully
12
4.1
To fall asleep for a short time without meaning to
7
2.1
To sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day
5
3.0
To fall asleep for a short time, often without meaning to
2
6.1
To be half asleep for a short time
2
7.9
To fall asleep by accident because you are very tired
2
7.9
To sleep to get some rest
2
8.3
To fall asleep or pass out very quickly because you are very tired
1
4.4
To sleep for a short time during the day not in bed
1
5.5
To sleep for a short time, often during the day
1
7.6
To fall asleep suddenly because you are very tired
To begin to fall asleep without meaning to
Phrasal Verbs
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Etymology
Doze sounds like drowse and drowsy, words that describe being 'half asleep'. So to doze is to sleep lightly for a short time, often without planning to.