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dozed

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doze 1  (dz)
v. dozed, doz·ing, doz·es
v.intr.
To sleep lightly and intermittently.
v.tr.
To spend (time) dozing or as if dozing: dozed the summer away.
n.
A short, light sleep.
Phrasal Verb:
doze off
To fall into a light sleep.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
dozer n.
doze 2  (dz)
intr. & tr.v. dozed, doz·ing, doz·es
To use a bulldozer; bulldoze.
dozed [dozd dəʊzd]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly Irish (of timber or rubber) rotten or decayed
[probably from doze]


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It made us all lethargic before we had gone far, and when we had left the Half-way House behind, we habitually dozed and shivered and were silent.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
Tonight, however, she was the first to go to their common chamber; and she had dozed when the other girls came in.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Tresfarwin dozed and blinked and dozed again--and on her left Aynesworth himself, a little affected by the music, still found time to glance continually at his companion, so radiant with life and so fervently intent upon realizing to the full this, the first of its unknown joys.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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