nap

[nap]

If you’re really tired during the day, go ahead and take a nap, even if you have to hide under your desk. A nap is a brief sleep. Good night.

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To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

Noun
a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

Noun
a short sleep (usually not in bed)

Noun
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

Noun
a soft or fuzzy surface texture

Noun
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn''t time for a nap"

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Verb
take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"


v. i.
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

v. i.
To be in a careless, secure state.

n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

n.
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.

n.
The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

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


Nap

Nap , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Napping .] [OE. nappen, AS. hn&ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn'c6pa, 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.

Nap

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

Nap

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

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

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

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.

To raise, or put, a nap on.

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Usage Examples

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.

I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.

Misspelled Form

nap, bnap, hnap, jnap, mnap, nap, bap, hap, jap, map, ap, nbap, nhap, njap, nmap, n ap, nqap, nwap, nsap, nzap, nqp, nwp, nsp, nzp, naqp, nawp, nasp, nazp, naop, na0p, nalp, nao, na0, nal, napo, nap0, napl.

Other Usage Examples

I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.

I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.

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