Usually means: Briefly falling into light sleep.
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  1. dozing: Merriam-Webster
  2. dozing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dozing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dozing, dozing: Wordnik
  5. dozing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dozing: Wiktionary
  7. Dozing, dozing: Dictionary.com
  8. dozing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dozing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Dozing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. dozing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. dozing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dozing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dozing)

▸ noun:  A light sleep.

Similar:
drowsy, asleep, drowsing, dozy, napping, nodding, halfsleep, catnap, dogsleep, somnolescence, more...

Opposite:
awake, alert, conscious, attentive, vigilant

Types:
power nap, catnap, siesta, more...

Phrases:
dozing off, more...

Adjectives:
half, fitful, old, uneasy, restless, long, semi, more, little, thoroughbred, occasional

Colors:
    pale blue,     soft lavender,     muted gray,     gentle beige,     dusty rose, more...



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Similar:
drowsy, asleep, drowsing, dozy, napping, nodding, halfsleep, catnap, dogsleep, somnolescence, more...

Opposite:
awake, alert, conscious, attentive, vigilant

Types:
power nap, catnap, siesta, more...

Phrases:
dozing off, more...

Adjectives:
half, fitful, old, uneasy, restless, long, semi, more, little, thoroughbred, occasional

Colors:
    pale blue,     soft lavender,     muted gray,     gentle beige,     dusty rose, more...



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