Meaning

3 senses

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

    I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.

    dösen

    дрема́тьdremátʹ, прикорну́тьprikornútʹ, подрема́тьpodremátʹ

    дріма́тиdrimáty

    sleep lightly or for a short period of time

  2. (transitive)To make dull; to stupefy.

    October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.

  3. (intransitive, slang)To bulldoze.

Examples

95 sentences

  1. He dozed off.

    Він задрімав.

    ruОн клевал носом.

    deEr schlief ein.

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  2. Tom is dozing.

    Том дрімає.

    ruТом дремлет.

    deTom döst.

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  3. He dozed off in history class.

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  4. I'm not really asleep, just dozing.

    ruНа самом деле я не заснул, просто клюю носом.

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  5. Tom dozed off during the meeting.

    deTom ist während der Sitzung eingenickt.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to sleep lightly or briefly:
Русский
By meaning 1
to sleep lightly or briefly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to sleep lightly or briefly:

Origin

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Prot

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”).

Clipping of bulldoze.

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Forms

dozes, dozing, dozed, dozed
Base formdoze · to doze
3rd person singulardozes
Present participledozing
Past simpledozed
Past participledozed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydoze
he, she, itdozes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdozed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dozed
he, she, ithas dozed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill doze

Synonyms

3 synonyms
sleep lightly:nodB2
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedadoze

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
downydowryB2doxxdozenB1DrA1drab
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