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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
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
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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