doze
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doze¹
- /doʊz/
Sounds like does, dos, doughs · Rhymes with -əʊz
Where it comes from
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”).
Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.
verb dozes · dozing · dozed · dose
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To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
Similar: nod
- To make dull; to stupefy. I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
noun dozes · dose
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A light, short sleep or nap.
I felt much better after a short doze.
Similar: sleep
doze²
- /doʊz/
Sounds like does, dos, doughs · Rhymes with -əʊz
Where it comes from
Clipping of bulldoze.
verb dozes · dozing · dozed
- To bulldoze.
doze³
- /doʊz/
Sounds like does, dos, doughs · Rhymes with -əʊz
determiner
- Pronunciation spelling of those Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts! Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! […] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plate
Translations
Every language
verb to sleep lightly or briefly
| Español | dormitar, cabecear |
|---|---|
| Português | cochilar, tirar soneca (uma) |
| Français | somnoler |
| Deutsch | dösen |
| Italiano | sonnecchiare, dormicchiare |
| Ελληνικά | νυστάζω nystázo |
| Română | dormita, ațipi, moțăi |
| Русский | дрема́ть dremátʹ, прикорну́ть prikornútʹ, подрема́ть podremátʹ, задремать zadrematʹ, грезить grezitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ngủ gật |
| עברית | נִמְנֵם nimném |
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