doze
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
Alternative formsEdit
- dose (archaic)
VerbEdit
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
- I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
- 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, […], →OCLC:
- If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.
- (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666
- I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
- October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university
- They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666
- (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
SynonymsEdit
- (sleep lightly): slumber
TranslationsEdit
to sleep lightly or briefly
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to make dull; to stupefy
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bulldoze — see bulldoze
NounEdit
doze (plural dozes)
- A light, short sleep or nap.
- I felt much better after a short doze.
- 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
- Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
SynonymsEdit
- See Thesaurus:sleep
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
short sleep or nap
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
DeterminerEdit
doze
- Pronunciation spelling of those.
- 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck
- 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
AragoneseEdit
| < 11 | 12 | 13 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : doze | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
doze
Old FrenchEdit
| 12 | Previous: | onze |
|---|---|---|
| Next: | treze |
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
doze
Derived termsEdit
- dozaine (“dozen”)
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
| ← 11 | 12 | 13 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: doze Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º Multiplier: duodécuplo Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos | ||
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
- Hyphenation: do‧ze
AdjectiveEdit
doze m or f
NounEdit
doze m (plural dozes)
- twelve (the numerical value 12 or something with the value of 12)
NounEdit
doze f (plural dozes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
doze f (plural dozes)
- Obsolete spelling of dose
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
doze