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dozed

dozed is the simple past and past participle of doze.

Meaning of doze

Verb (1)

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
    • I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
    Synonyms:
    nod
  2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
    • I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666

Verb (2)

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

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Phrases with dozed

Questions about dozed

What is dozed the simple past and past participle of?
Dozed is the simple past and past participle of doze.

Words near dozed in the dictionary

  1. Dozal
  2. Dozals
  3. doze
  4. doze off
  5. doze offs
  6. dozed
  7. dozed off
  8. dozen
  9. dozenal
  10. dozenalism
  11. dozenalist

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