verb
- slept lightly or briefly; napped
Usage: past tense of ‘doze’
Examples
- She dozed in the armchair while watching television.
- The student dozed off during the boring lecture.
- He dozed for twenty minutes before his alarm went off.
- The cat dozed peacefully in the sunny window.
- I dozed fitfully on the long flight.
- She dozed between contractions at the hospital.