DOZE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doze off mean? 

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

1. change from a waking to a sleeping state

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOZE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a waking to a sleeping state

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

dope off; doze off; drift off; drop off; drowse off; fall asleep; flake out; nod off

Context example:

he always falls asleep during lectures

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "doze off"):

zonk out (fall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

She possessed a gentle, caressing tongue that soothed him when it passed over his soft little body, and that impelled him to snuggle close against her and to doze off to sleep.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And, while the pharmaceutical industry is raking in billions by catering to insomniacs, Walker warns that the pills designed to help us doze off are a poor substitute for the natural sleep cycles that the brain needs in order to function well.

(Deep Sleep May Act as Fountain of Youth in Old Age, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)