| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  d z |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: dozed, doz·ing, doz·es
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To sleep lightly and intermittently. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To spend (time) dozing or as if dozing: dozed the summer away. | | NOUN: | A short, light sleep. | | PHRASAL VERB: | doze off To fall into a light sleep. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably of Scandinavian origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | doz er —NOUN
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