snoozing

  • 31snooze — [snu:z] v [i]informal to sleep lightly for a short time = ↑doze ▪ Dad was snoozing in his armchair. >snooze n …

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  • 32snooze — [[t]snu͟ːz[/t]] snoozes, snoozing, snoozed 1) N COUNT A snooze is a short, light sleep, especially during the day. [INFORMAL] Syn: nap 2) VERB If you snooze, you sleep lightly for a short period of time. [INFORMAL] Mark snoozed in front of the… …

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  • 33sprawl — [[t]sprɔ͟ːl[/t]] sprawls, sprawling, sprawled 1) VERB If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. → See also sprawled [V prep/adv] She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving… …

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  • 34snooze — verb (I) informal to have a short, light sleep: Dad was snoozing in a deckchair. snooze noun (C) …

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  • 35asleep — adjective 1) she was asleep in bed Syn: sleeping, in a deep sleep, napping, catnapping, dozing, drowsing; informal snoozing, catching some Zs, zonked, hibernating, dead to the world, comatose, in the land of Nod, in the arms of Morpheus; literary …

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  • 36sleep — vb Sleep, slumber, drowse, doze, nap, catnap, snooze mean to take rest by a suspension of consciousness. Sleep, the usual term, implies ordinarily the periodical repose of this sort in which men and animals recuperate their powers after activity …

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  • 37asleep — adv 1. fast asleep, sound asleep, dead asleep, in or into a deep sleep, in or into a coma. adj 2. sleeping, resting, reposing, slumbering, dozing, drowsing, Inf. snoozing, Sl. logging z s; somnolent, soporose, soporous; dead to the world, Inf.… …

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  • 38sleeping — n 1. slumber, repose. See sleep(def. 6). adj 2. asleep, sound asleep, Med. soporose, soporous; resting, reposing, slumbering, dozing, drowsing, Inf. snoozing, somnolent; napping, catnapping; oversleeping, late sleeping. 3. dormant, inactive,… …

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  • 39asleep — adjective Syn: sleeping, napping, dozing, drowsing; informal snoozing, dead to the world; humorous in the land of Nod Ant: awake …

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  • 40snooze — UK [snuːz] / US [snuz] verb [intransitive] Word forms snooze : present tense I/you/we/they snooze he/she/it snoozes present participle snoozing past tense snoozed past participle snoozed informal to sleep for a short period of time, especially… …

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