doze
/dəʊz/verb
उच्चारण डोज़
झपकी लेना, ऊँघना
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Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
[I]
to sleep lightly for a short time
झपकी लेना, ऊँघना
- Grandfather dozed in his chair after lunch.
- The tired passenger dozed off on the bus and missed his stop.
- I dozed off during the long speech.
+ 2 more examples
- The baby dozed in her mother's arms.
- He sat dozing in the sun while the others played.
Synonyms nap snooze drowse nod off catnap
Opposite wake stay awake
- 1
[sing.]
a short light sleep
झपकी
- She had a doze on the train.
- After lunch, Radhika took a quick doze on the sofa before starting her work.
- Grandfather has a short doze every afternoon.
+ 2 more examples
- A quick doze on the train made me feel fresh.
- She enjoyed a doze under the mango tree.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
doze off
This phrasal verb means to fall into a light sleep without meaning to; it needs off.
इस phrasal verb का अर्थ अनजाने में हल्की नींद में चले जाना है; इसमें 'off' आवश्यक है।
- Grandfather dozed off while listening to the radio.
- I dozed off during the long lecture.
doze + (in a chair / on a sofa)
Without off, doze describes the state of sleeping lightly and is followed by where or when.
'Off' के बिना 'doze' हल्की नींद की अवस्था बताता है और उसके बाद स्थान या समय आता है।
- He dozed in the armchair all afternoon.
have / take a doze (noun)
The noun means a short light sleep and is usually used with have.
Noun का अर्थ थोड़ी हल्की नींद है और इसका प्रयोग प्रायः 'have' के साथ होता है।
- She had a short doze on the train.
be dozing / have been dozing
The continuous tense shows an action in progress, with for or since for the time.
Continuous tense चल रही क्रिया को दर्शाता है, समय के लिए for या since के साथ।
- The watchman has been dozing for half an hour.
+Collocations 4
adverb + doze
lightlyquietlybrieflypeacefullygently
- The old man dozed peacefully in the sun.
doze + preposition
offin the chairthrough the filmafter lunch
- Many people doze after lunch.
noun + doze
afternoonshortlightquick
- A quick doze refreshed him before the evening shift.
verb + doze
start tobegin totry not tocatch himself starting tofail to stay awake and
- He tried not to doze during the lecture.
“More examples 6
- Radhika dozed off over her book at midnight.
राधिका अपनी किताब पर आधी रात को ऊँघने लगी।
- The passengers dozed as the train rolled through the night.
रात भर ट्रेन चलती रही और यात्री झपकी लेते रहे।
- My grandmother likes a short doze after lunch.
मेरी दादी को दोपहर के भोजन के बाद थोड़ी झपकी लेना पसंद है।
- The guard dozed in his chair near the gate.
पहरेदार गेट के पास अपनी कुर्सी पर ऊँघ रहा था।
- Don't doze off in the exam hall!
परीक्षा-कक्ष में ऊँघ मत जाना!
- The boring speech made half the audience doze.
उबाऊ भाषण ने आधे श्रोताओं को ऊँघने पर मजबूर कर दिया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I dozed of during the lecture.
✓ I dozed off during the lecture.
The particle is off, not of.
Particle 'off' है, 'of' नहीं।
✗ He dosed off in the afternoon.
✓ He dozed off in the afternoon.
Dose is a quantity of medicine; the verb for light sleep is doze.
'Dose' दवा की मात्रा है; हल्की नींद के लिए verb 'doze' है।
✗ She is dozing from two hours.
✓ She has been dozing for two hours.
A period of time needs for with the present perfect continuous.
समय की अवधि के लिए present perfect continuous के साथ 'for' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Doze, nap and snooze are all short sleeps, but differ in how planned or light they are.
Doze, nap और snooze तीनों छोटी नींद हैं, पर कितनी योजनाबद्ध या हल्की हैं, इसमें अंतर है।
Light sleep that comes without planning, often while sitting.
बिना योजना के आने वाली हल्की नींद, प्रायः बैठे-बैठे।
- Grandfather dozed over the newspaper.
A short planned sleep, usually in the day, that you choose to take.
दिन में प्रायः जान-बूझकर ली गई छोटी नींद।
- Radhika takes a nap after lunch.
An informal word for a short, easy sleep, often taken on purpose.
छोटी, आरामदायक नींद के लिए अनौपचारिक शब्द, प्रायः जान-बूझकर ली गई।
- He had a quick snooze on the sofa.
→Phrasal verbs 1
doze off
to go to sleep, especially during the day
झपकी आ जाना
- I dozed off during the long lecture.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Doze, with -oze (not 'dose', which is an amount of medicine).
Doze, अंत में -oze ('dose' नहीं, जो दवा की मात्रा है)।
?Which word?
The doze/dose pair is a spelling trap.
Doze और dose की जोड़ी spelling trap है।
Keep the sleep words together: doze and nap (short light sleep), snooze (informal), siesta (a short sleep after lunch, especially in hot countries), forty winks (informal, a short sleep), slumber (literary, sleep).
नींद के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: doze और nap (छोटी हल्की नींद), snooze (अनौपचारिक), siesta (दोपहर के भोजन के बाद छोटी नींद, विशेषकर गर्म देशों में), forty winks (अनौपचारिक, छोटी नींद), slumber (साहित्यिक, नींद)।