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third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed
(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. quotations examples
If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […]
(transitive) To make dull; to stupefy. quotations examples
I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666
They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university
(intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
plural dozes
A light, short sleep or nap. quotations examples
Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285
Pronunciation spelling of those. quotations examples
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 plates!
1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck