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doze

Are you sleepy? Maybe you need to doze a little. To doze is to sleep lightly or to take a nap.

To doze is to just have a little sleep: either a short nap or a very light snooze. Since doze and snooze almost rhyme — and snoring sounds a little like ZZZZZZZZZZZ — the letter Z might be a good way to remember this word. Just make sure you don't "doze off" in class.

DEFINITIONS OF: doze

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n a light fitful sleep

Synonyms:
drowse
Type of:
sleeping
the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

v sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Synonyms:
drowse, snooze
Type of:
catch a wink, catnap, nap
take a siesta
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