DOZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doze mean? 

• DOZE (noun)
  The noun DOZE has 1 sense:

1. a light fitful sleep

  Familiarity information: DOZE used as a noun is very rare.

• DOZE (verb)
  The verb DOZE has 1 sense:

1. sleep lightly or for a short period of time

  Familiarity information: DOZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light fitful sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

doze; drowse

Hypernyms ("doze" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

Derivation:

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

• DOZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they doze    ... he / she / it dozes   
Past simple: dozed   
Past participle: dozed   
-ing form: dozing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

doze; drowse; snooze

Hypernyms (to "doze" is one way to...):

catch a wink; catnap; nap (take a siesta)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Also:

doze off (change from a waking to a sleeping state)

Derivation:

doze (a light fitful sleep)

 Context examples 

He denied sleep, but admitted to having "dozed" for a while.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I dozed with my mouth full of food.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It seemed almost that his stomach was dozing.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The poker got into my dozing thoughts besides, and wouldn't come out.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And when I doze over that, I beat my head with my knuckles in order to drive sleep away.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A question about an individuals likelihood to doze or fall asleep.

(Doze or Fall Asleep, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had a high likelihood of dozing.

(High Chance of Dozing, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had a moderate likelihood of dozing.

(Moderate Chance of Dozing, NCI Thesaurus)

Frankenstein, who was dozing, awoke and asked the cause of the tumult.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I smiled to myself, and in my psychological way, began lazily to inquire into the elements of this illusion, occasionally, even as I did so, dropping back into a comfortable morning doze.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)