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# doze

«doze» in Mova's school dictionary: **to sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (doze, dozes, dozed, dozing); noun (a doze)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To doze is to sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#m1)

2) A doze is a short, light sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#m2)

3) To doze can also mean to settle quietly into someone's mind, as a feeling does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people doze on the sofa, in a car or in the sun. In stories, a dozing guard or cat lets the hero sneak past. In health lessons, children need enough sleep at night so they don't doze in class. Phrases: «doze off», «have a doze», «dozing in the sun».

### examples

- Grandpa dozed in his armchair after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x1)
- I dozed off in the car on the way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x2)
- The cat was dozing in the sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x3)
- The guard dozed while the thief crept past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x4)
- She had a short doze before the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x5)
- Don't doze off in class! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x6)
- The baby dozed in her pram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x7)
- He was still dozing when he was aroused by the neighing and pawing of his horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/#x8)

### note

«Doze off» means fall asleep without meaning to. Similar: «nap», «snooze». Safety: drivers who doze can crash; adults stop and rest when sleepy. Not to be confused with «dose» (an amount of medicine) or «dozen» (12).

### In the corpora

- [Horses can doze standing up because their legs lock, but they lie down for deep sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doze» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doze/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.