doze
A light, short sleep or napA light, short sleep or nap.
» He dozed off.
Er schlief ein. — pne
Он клевал носом. — sharptoothed
Він задрімав. — deniko
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1 sensesA light, short sleep or nap.
I felt much better after a short doze.
дрёмаdrjóma, грёзаgrjóza
a light fitful sleep
Examples
95 sentencesHe dozed off.
Він задрімав. — deniko
ruОн клевал носом. — sharptoothed
deEr schlief ein. — pne
Tom is dozing.
Том дрімає. — deniko
ruТом дремлет. — odexed
deTom döst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He dozed off in history class.
I'm not really asleep, just dozing.
ruНа самом деле я не заснул, просто клюю носом. — Biga
Tom dozed off during the meeting.
deTom ist während der Sitzung eingenickt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from ProtFrom 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”).
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