"Surrounded by antique stores and art galleries, dogs doze in the sun while their owners feast on wine and pasta. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Tell ghost stories or don\u2019t, drink or don\u2019t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"Putin could be seen on camera during NBC\u2019s broadcast of the winter games sitting by himself and appearing to briefly doze off according to some onlookers. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But it\u2019s also just four people chatting in the park \u2014 about politics, movies, family, the weather \u2014 while a dog at their feet studies the pigeons and the passing toddlers doze in their strollers. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Republicans have also been quick to point to any video of Biden stumbling over his words or appearing to doze off during events as evidence of the president's senility; Democrats employed a similar tactic when Trump was in the White House. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 13 June 2021",
"It is performed for supine audiences who are encouraged to doze off during the proceedings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
"At the New York City Fire Department\u2019s training academy, lessons can last as long as six hours and trainees will tell you it\u2019s not uncommon for people to doze off during class. \u2014 Rebecca Liebson, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1677, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1945, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse d\u016bsa to doze":"Verb",
"probably back-formation from dozer (bulldozer)":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8d\u014dz"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
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"hint",
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"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
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"\u2014 used with the"
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"dozens of times"
]
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"dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trials are scheduled for July 26-29 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and will feature up to a dozen players from across the United State. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
"Hunt\u2019s rifle, in theory, could be loaded with up to a dozen cartridges underneath its long barrel. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"One eyewitness said that up to a dozen people were injured in his apartment building alone in a single Smerch rocket attack. \u2014 CNN , 12 May 2022",
"On her phone was a year-old picture of her and a dozen co-workers \u2014 from Panama, Colombia, Peru, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. \u2014 Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"In May 1943, the Germans raided Ms. Geulen\u2019s boarding school (today called the Isabelle Gatti de Gamond Royal Atheneum), where a dozen Jewish children were hidden. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"On August 24, 2017, at 5:30 a.m., a dozen armed federal agents hammered on the door of his apartment in Manhattan, startling him awake. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"On March 12, a dozen dogs had arrived with Dos Santos Borges in Ruby, a checkpoint just under 500 miles from the start of the race. \u2014 Yvonne Gonzalez, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Maspar and fashion retailer Killer Jeans are understood to be looking to open in Russia, while at least four companies have already agreed franchise agreements in Russia, with another dozen or so expected to follow suit. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English dozeine , from Anglo-French duzeine, dozeyne , from duze twelve, from Latin duodecim , from duo two + decem ten \u2014 more at two , ten":""
},
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"\u02c8d\u0259-z\u1d4an"
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"abundance",
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": bulldoze sense 2":[],
": to be in a dull or stupefied condition":[],
": to fall into a light sleep":[
"\u2014 usually used with off"
],
": to pass (time) drowsily":[],
": to sleep lightly":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Surrounded by antique stores and art galleries, dogs doze in the sun while their owners feast on wine and pasta. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Tell ghost stories or don\u2019t, drink or don\u2019t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"Putin could be seen on camera during NBC\u2019s broadcast of the winter games sitting by himself and appearing to briefly doze off according to some onlookers. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But it\u2019s also just four people chatting in the park \u2014 about politics, movies, family, the weather \u2014 while a dog at their feet studies the pigeons and the passing toddlers doze in their strollers. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Republicans have also been quick to point to any video of Biden stumbling over his words or appearing to doze off during events as evidence of the president's senility; Democrats employed a similar tactic when Trump was in the White House. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 13 June 2021",
"It is performed for supine audiences who are encouraged to doze off during the proceedings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
"At the New York City Fire Department\u2019s training academy, lessons can last as long as six hours and trainees will tell you it\u2019s not uncommon for people to doze off during class. \u2014 Rebecca Liebson, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1677, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1945, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse d\u016bsa to doze":"Verb",
"probably back-formation from dozer (bulldozer)":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014dz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235850",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dozy":{
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"awake",
"conscious",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
],
"definitions":{
": drowsy , sleepy":[]
},
"examples":[
"He's a dozy old chap.",
"the big Thanksgiving dinner left us all feeling satisfied and dozy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The seminar had the dozy air common to classes that take place right after lunch\u2014the fluorescent lights buzzing, the smell of burned coffee and wintergreen gum. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Where other bond-fund managers are looking for ways to wake up the somnolent, dozy parts of the investment world by using derivatives and exotic products to goose returns, Ms. Stanek and her team at Baird Funds are happy to avoid that excitement. \u2014 Chuck Jaffe, WSJ , 6 May 2018",
"Where other bond-fund managers are looking for ways to wake up the somnolent, dozy parts of the investment world by using derivatives and exotic products to goose returns, Ms. Stanek and her team at Baird Funds are happy to avoid that excitement. \u2014 Chuck Jaffe, WSJ , 6 May 2018",
"Shearer 3 run (Eubank pass from Murray) MC\u2013 Dozier 15 pass from Mosfield (run failed) Records: SK 1-0, MC 0-1. \u2014 Enquirer Preps, Cincinnati.com , 18 Aug. 2017",
"Dozier begins rehab assignment Top prospect Hunter Dozier began a rehab assignment Tuesday at Class A Wilmington. \u2014 Rustin Dodd, kansascity , 23 May 2017",
"Dozier \u2019s leadoff single, Jorge Polanco\u2019s double and a one-out walk for Kepler loaded the bases for the lefty-swinging Vargas. \u2014 Ben Standig, Twin Cities , 24 May 2017",
"The legislation also provides for the reburial of unidentified remains from Dozier at a cemetery in Tallahassee. \u2014 Jim Turner, miamiherald , 2 June 2017",
"Dozier , 25, has played five games on his rehab assignment, including three for Class A Wilmington and two at Omaha. \u2014 Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com , 1 June 2017"
": a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth : bulldozer sense 2":[
"The sound of dozers droned in the distance.",
"\u2014 Margo Sorenson",
"\u2026 at times he was assigned to walk beside bulldozers and help guide them. Five people worked each dozer , he told me\u2014the operator up in his cab, a person at either end of the blade, and two others at the sides.",
"\u2014 John McPhee"
],
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"One of parenting life's little ironies is that babies sleep even less well when they're over-tired. By all means, limit naps if you've a diehard day-time dozer on your hands, but always \u2026 make sure that you're not denying him the day-time sleep he really needs.",
"\u2014 Helen Brown",
"The readers read, the dozers dozed, the workaholic mother-to-be breathed hard over her keyboard.",
"\u2014 Lindsley Cameron"
]
},
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"\u02c8d\u014d-z\u0259r"
],
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"sleeper",
"slumberer"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"the crash abruptly wakened the dozers on the bus",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Griego said they were stopped only by a fuel break, known as a dozer line, just behind Griego\u2019s house, which his cousin had made with a small bulldozer just that day. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"Griego said they were stopped only by a fuel break, known as a dozer line, just behind Griego\u2019s house, which his cousin had made with a small bulldozer just that day. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"Griego said they were stopped only by a fuel break, known as a dozer line, just behind Griego\u2019s house, which his cousin had made with a small bulldozer just that day. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"Crews have been working on multiple fronts around the fire's massive perimeter to herd the flames around homes by building more dozer lines, clearing brush, raking pine needles and setting up sprinkler systems. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"Griego said they were stopped only by a fuel break, known as a dozer line, just behind Griego\u2019s house, which his cousin had made with a small bulldozer just that day. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"Griego said they were stopped only by a fuel break, known as a dozer line, just behind Griego\u2019s house, which his cousin had made with a small bulldozer just that day. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Firefighters are working to create a dozer line behind some homes in the area as well as a strong fire break northwest of Las Vegas, New Mexico, with southeast heavy winds threatening to push fires further into that city. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 2 May 2022",
"Others require only some quick cosmetic work to smooth out sections scarred by dozer lines. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1919, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1710, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-080617"
},
"doze off":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to fall asleep especially for a short period of time":[
"A few students dozed off during the movie."
]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105755"
},
"dozent":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a docent in a German university":[]
},
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"d\u014dt\u02c8sent"
],
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"examples":[],
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"German":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-193044"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": stupefied":[
"dozened with drink",
"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014dz\u1d4and",
"\u02c8d\u00e4z-"
],
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"examples":[],
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"Middle English (Scots) dosnyt, dosinnit , perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse d\u016bsa to doze":""
