- 1. v. i. To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To make dull; to stupefy. Source: opted
- 4. n. A light sleep; a drowse. Source: opted
- 5. n. a light fitful sleep Source: wordnet
- 6. v. sleep lightly or for a short period of time Source: wordnet
- 7. To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. South. A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson. Source: webster
- 8. To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefiedcondition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.L'Estrange. Source: adambom
- 9. n:7/v:93 n. a light fitful sleep Source: ecdict
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