dozes in English

noun

1

a short light sleep.

I was in the middle of a light doze (for some reason, deeper sleep was escaping me) when I hear a scraping noise.

synonyms: catnap, nap, siesta, light sleep, drowse, rest, snooze, forty winks, slumber

verb

1

sleep lightly.

he found his mother dozing by the fire

synonyms: catnap, nap, drowse, sleep lightly, rest, snooze, catch forty winks, get some shut-eye, catch some Zs, slumber

noun

• catnap, nap, siesta, light sleep, drowse, rest, snooze, forty winks, slumber
• drowse

verb

• catnap, nap, drowse, sleep lightly, rest, snooze, catch forty winks, get some shut-eye, catch some Zs, slumber
• drowse, snooze

Use "dozes" in a sentence

1. Seo tries to follow Hyeon-gyu, but he dozes off and misses his chance.

2. All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.

3. (2) All this is done while the philosopher stares Abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.