DOZE

doze, drowse

(noun) a light fitful sleep

snooze, drowse, doze

(verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

(transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.

(intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

Synonyms

• (sleep lightly): slumber

Noun

doze (plural dozes)

A light, short sleep or nap.

Synonyms

• See sleep

Etymology 2

Determiner

doze

Pronunciation spelling of those.

Source: Wiktionary

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Doze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] Etym: [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dw dull, stupid, foolish. Dizzy.]

Definition: To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange.

Doze, v. t.

1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.

2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. South.

Doze, n.

Definition: A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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