Meaning

1 senses
  1. A light, short sleep or nap.

    I felt much better after a short doze.

    дрёмаdrjóma, грёзаgrjóza

    a light fitful sleep

Examples

95 sentences
  1. He dozed off.

    Він задрімав. — deniko

    ruОн клевал носом. — sharptoothed

    deEr schlief ein. — pne

  2. Tom is dozing.

    Том дрімає. — deniko

    ruТом дремлет. — odexed

    deTom döst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. He dozed off in history class.

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

    ruНа самом деле я не заснул, просто клюю носом. — Biga

  5. Tom dozed off during the meeting.

    deTom ist während der Sitzung eingenickt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
short sleep or nap:

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”).

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Forms

plural: dozes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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