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 →

2) A doze is a short, light sleep. tree →

3) To doze can also mean to settle quietly into someone's mind, as a feeling does. tree →

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 →
• I dozed off in the car on the way home. tree →
• The cat was dozing in the sunshine. tree →
• The guard dozed while the thief crept past. tree →
• She had a short doze before the party. tree →
• Don't doze off in class! tree →
• The baby dozed in her pram. tree →
• He was still dozing when he was aroused by the neighing and pawing of his horse. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «doze» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.