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Nap

Nap Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nap? [n] a short sleep (usually not in bed) [n] a soft or fuzzy surface texture [n] a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "a brief nap" [v] take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nap: cat sleep \| catch a wink \| catnap \| catnap \| forty winks \| short sleep \| sleep \| snooze Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nap: blanket drill \| break \| cat nap \| catnap \| dover \| doze \| drowse \| feel \| finish \| forty winks \| grain \| granular texture \| indentation \| interlude \| intermission \| knub \| let up \| nub \| oversleep \| pause \| pile \| pit \| pock \| protuberance \| relax \| respite \| rest \| saw logs \| saw wood \| shag \| siesta \| sleep \| sleep soundly \| slumber \| snooze \| snore \| spot of sleep \| structure \| surface \| surface texture \| take a nap \| texture \| unlax \| wale \| weave \| wink \| wink of sleep \| woof See Also \| beauty sleep \| catch some Z's \| doze \| drowse \| kip \| kip \| log Z's \| period \| period of time \| siesta \| sleep \| sleeping \| slumber \| snooze \| texture \| time period \| zizz Nap In Webster's Dictionary \Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn[=i]pa, to droop.] 1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer. 2. To be in a careless, secure state. --Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras. \Nap\, n. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper. \Nap\, n. [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.] 1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth. 2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. --Knight. \Nap\, v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on. \Nap\, n. Same as {Napoleon}, 1, below.

Nap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nap?

[n] a short sleep (usually not in bed)
[n] a soft or fuzzy surface texture
[n] a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "a brief nap"
[v] take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

Nap In Webster's Dictionary

\Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to
slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna,
hn[=i]pa, to droop.]
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.

2. To be in a careless, secure state. --Wyclif.

         I took thee napping, unprepared.      --Hudibras.


\Nap\, n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper.


\Nap\, n. [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan.
noppe, LG. nobbe.]
1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an
   external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers
   forming part of the substance of anything, and lying
   smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of
   cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
   --Knight.


\Nap\, v. t.
To raise, or put, a nap on.


\Nap\, n.
Same as {Napoleon}, 1, below.

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