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- DictionaryDoze/dōz/
verb
- 1. sleep lightly: "he found his mother dozing by the fire"
noun
- 1. a short, light sleep: "“I think I'll have a doze,” he said, closing his eyes"
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To doze is to sleep lightly or to take a nap. To doze is to just have a little sleep: either a short nap or a very light snooze. Since doze and snooze almost rhyme — and snoring sounds a little like ZZZZZZZZZZZ — the letter Z might be a good way to remember this word. Just make sure you don't " doze off" in class.
Definition of doze verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin doze (1600-1700) From a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa “to sleep lightly”. doze meaning, definition, what is doze: to sleep lightly for a short time: Learn more.
Definition of doze – Learner’s Dictionary. doze. verb [ I ] uk / dəʊz / us. Add to word list Add to word list. to sleep lightly: Grandma was dozing in front of the TV. Phrasal verbs. doze off. (Definition of doze from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of doze. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指白天）小睡，打盹…
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Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /doʊz/ 2. Rhymes: -əʊz 3. Homophones: does, dos, doughs
Etymology 1
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stu...
Alternative forms
1. dotze 2. doce
Etymology
From Latin duodecim.
Numeral
doze 1. twelve
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
doze (reintegrationist norm) 1. twelve
Further reading
1. “doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego(2014).
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (early) /ˈdo.d͡zə/ 2. IPA(key): (late) /ˈdu.zə/
Numeral
doze 1. twelve
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi 2. Hyphenation: do‧ze
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).
Etymology
From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /dɔs/
Numeral
doze 1. twelve
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.
English definitions powered by Oxford Languages. doze. volume_up. UK /dəʊz/ verb (no object) 1. sleep lightly he found his mother dozing by the fire 2. doze off fall lightly asleep I dozed off for a few seconds noun a short, light sleep ‘I think I'll have a doze,’ he said, closing his eyes. word origin.
