Crossword clues for dozing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doze \Doze\ (d[=o]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (d[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d[=u]sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw[=ae]s dull, stupid, foolish. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler
waked him.
--L'Estrange.
Wiktionary
n. A light sleep. vb. (present participle of doze English)
Usage examples of "dozing".
The gunner was running up from below to ask for the key to the magazine and Bowen, the surgeon, who had apparently been dozing on the fo'c'sle, was hurrying below to set out his instruments.
One dozing man could lose the ship and kill every one of his shipmates.
The young lieutenant, knowing how important it was that he should be only a few hundred yards from the Calypso at first light, was unlikely to have left the quarterdeck: he had probably spent the night in a canvas chair, boat cloak over his shoulders, occasionally dozing and frequently nagging whoever had the watch and interfering as only anxious captains know how.
With luck he had given the signal without being spotted by dozing sentries and certainly without noise.
The old man's eyes were closed and he, like the pigeons, seemed to be dozing in the sunlight.
Lying on one of the carpets, he used his saddlebags as a pillow, dozing, never sinking into deep sleep, and coming instantly awake at every noise.
Taita was dozing quietly there, but he opened his eyes before Nefer could touch his arm.
It seemed that he was dozing, but once in a while he opened his eyes then, blinking like a sleepy owl, closed them again and let his chin droop back on to his chest.
She could happily have lain there for the rest of the day, dozing with him and waking to make love again.
Joe lay on the porch in front of the screen door, dozing and dreaming his doggy dreams.
Most of the stalls' occupants were dozing, though a couple of horses put their heads over the top rails and whickered at her.
Only then did he go into the stable to check on his horse, which was dozing comfortably.
When she realized that she actually was dozing off, she forced herself to lift her head and step away.
If you see her dozing during the day, whatever you do, don't wake her up because that's probably the only sleep she's had, I've made it a rule that no one wakes her, for any reason.
They had just spent roughly eighteen hours in bed together, making love, dozing, making love.