doze verb

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/dəʊz/

/doʊz/ v [I]

Definition

to have a short sleep, especially during the day

My cat likes dozing in front of the fire.

n [S] mainly UK

He's just having a little doze on the settee.

(Definition of doze verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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Synonyms and related words:

be in the land of nod
bunk down
catch/cop/get some z's
comatose
conk out
crash
disco nap
doze off
drift off
drop off
flake out
hibernate
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kip n
out
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