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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
doze
    n 1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse]
    v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze,
         drowse, doze]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doze \Doze\ (d[=o]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (d[=o]zd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel.
   d[=u]sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy,
   d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw[=ae]s
   dull, stupid, foolish. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy.]
   To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied
   condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
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         If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler
         waked him.                               --L'Estrange.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doze \Doze\, v. t.
   1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's
      time.
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   2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.]
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            I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums,
            being dozed with much work.           --Pepys.
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            They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
                                                  --South.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doze \Doze\, n.
   A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson.
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Thesaurus Results for Doze:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, catnap, dorm, doze off, dozy, dreamland, drop off, drowse, drowsy, fitful sleep, forty winks, hibernation, kip, land of Nod, light sleep, nap, nod off, nodding, oversleep, repose, rest, saw logs, saw wood, shut-eye, siesta, silken repose, sleep, sleep soundly, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, slumberous, slumbery, snooze, snoozle, snoozy, snore, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnolent, somnus, soporific, take a nap, unconsciousness, winter sleep
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