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, Nap, ap, Nap, 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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