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Meanings of doze in English

Portuguese
sesta

A light fitful sleep.

sesta
Portuguese
dormitar
Catalan
endormiscar-se

Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.

Related terms
dormitar

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day time.

Synonyms
Examples for "nap"
Examples for "nap"
1
I can believe it; I needed a nap after reading 40 pages.
The Guardian
2
However, this nap and the following ones were not influenced by endotoxin.
Pubmed
3
If it's a boulder problem, go take a nap in the forest.
Climbing Magazine
4
No, the longer Opals nap lasted, the better for everyone, especially her.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
5
He confronted Del that evening, after he had taken a long nap.
Shadowland
1
Why is getting a good kip such a neglected and guilty pleasure?
The Irish Times
2
I let him kip on my floor but he took my futon.
Number9Dream
3
And is their then chief bottle-washer Patrick Cosgrave still having a kip?
The Irish Times
4
They ate the whole jankx, and most of the kip as well.
The darkness before the dawn
5
Percy Clocklan, keeper of the kip who farted on this spot, R.I.P.
The ginger man
1
If you want a good snooze watch the film version of Watchmen.
The Irish Times
2
Alarm lets you set multiple wake times and offers a snooze function.
Wired
3
Rather than calling the Garda, you snooze on until you arrive home.
The Irish Times
4
You see, I had quite a snooze up there in the air.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
5
I cannot sleep in the mornings; I cannot snooze peacefully until midday.
The Girl on the Train
1
By the way, there is good news for siesta or powernap lovers.
BBC
2
Background: Several studies have assessed the association between siesta and cardiovascular outcomes.
Pubmed
3
The whole population of the place was indulging in a noonday siesta.
She and Allan
4
We happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.
A Journey Through France in War Time
5
Sometimes I need to take my little siesta for about an hour.
Reuters
1
It usually comes when she is taking what she calls forty winks.
On the Firing Line
2
Later, maybe, when I've had my grog, I'll take my forty winks-
Lewis Rand
3
Run away, and think of me as enjoying my forty winks.
Aunt Judith: The Story of a Loving Life
4
Take forty winks, you poor child, it will freshen you up.
Nightfall
5
What the hell were you doing back there, catching forty winks?
The skin trade
Usage of doze in English
1
Mostly, I doze; it seems years since the bliss of actual sleep.
Anno Dracula
2
I could doze in a chair in the barroom for that matter.
Mischievous Maid Faynie
3
A few minutes later footsteps woke him out of a light doze.
Ghost Story
4
He dropped his eyelids in assent, and went off in a doze.
Wayside Courtships
5
In fact, she wanted to do nothing but doze by the fire.
Ruthless
6
At times voices cried out in sleep, waking me from my doze.
For the love of mike
7
Crippen rolled over onto his side and fell into a light doze.
White corridor
8
His horse had had only a few hours to feed and doze.
Quicksilver
9
We fell very quickly into the half doze of too great exhaustion.
African Camp Fires
10
I was aroused from a doze by Molo's activities in the turret.
Wandl the Invader
11
I snapped out of my doze, and -Fran ,canI help you?
The stand
12
You can doze the evening away on my sofa if you want.
The millionaire's rebellious mistress
13
Then the door closed, and Mrs. Baxter instantly began to doze off.
The Necromancers
14
They doze in lounge chairs, get a massage, maybe learn to tango.
Wired
15
I darted into the kitchen, where she was having a Sunday doze.
A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
16
Roy, startled from a doze, was on his feet in a second.
The Adventures of Akbar
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Translations for doze
Doze through the time
Doze across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common