'Doze' definitions:
Definition of 'doze'
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Definition of 'Doze'
From: GCIDE
- Doze \Doze\ (d[=o]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (d[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d[=u]sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw[=ae]s dull, stupid, foolish. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. [1913 Webster]
- If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doze'
From: GCIDE
- Doze \Doze\, v. t.
- 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
- They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doze'
From: GCIDE
- Doze \Doze\, n. A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'doze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beauty sleep,
- beddy-bye,
- bedtime,
- blanket drill,
- bye-bye,
- catnap,
- dorm,
- doze off,
- dozy,
- dreamland,
- drop off,
- drowse,
- drowsy,
- fitful sleep,
- forty winks,
- hibernation,
- kip,
- land of Nod,
- light sleep,
- nap,
- nod off,
- nodding,
- oversleep,
- repose,
- rest,
- saw logs,
- saw wood,
- shut-eye,
- siesta,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- sleep soundly,
- sleepland,
- sleepwalking,
- slumber,
- slumberland,
- slumberous,
- slumbery,
- snooze,
- snoozle,
- snoozy,
- snore,
- somnambulism,
- somniloquy,
- somnolent,
- somnus,
- soporific,
- take a nap,
- unconsciousness,
- winter sleep