Definition of naps Naps
/næˈps/ - [natps] -
We found 5 definitions of naps from 2 different sources.
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What does naps mean?
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: naps |
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| nap - sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | ||
| catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze | ||
| sleeping the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | ||
| siesta a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) | ||
| nap - a soft or fuzzy surface texture | ||
| texture the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" | ||
| nap - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" | ||
| sleep | ||
| period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | ||
| beauty sleep sleep before midnight | ||
| nap - a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes | ||
| Napoleon | ||
| nap - 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" | ||
| pile | ||
Verb |
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| nap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" | ||
| catnap, catch a wink | ||
| catch some z's, kip, log z's, slumber, sleep be asleep | ||
| doze, snooze, drowse sleep lightly or for a short period of time | ||
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Wiktionary 
- nap (Noun)
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day. - nap (Noun)
A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather. - nap (Noun)
A type of bet in British horse racing , based on the experts' best tips. - nap (Verb)
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. - nap (Verb)
To be off one's guard. - nap (Verb)
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on. - nap (Verb)
To grab; to nab. - nap (Verb)
To cover something with a sauce.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nap (v. i.)
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. - nap (v. i.)
To be in a careless, secure state. - nap (n.)
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. - nap (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. - nap (n.)
The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. - nap (v. t.)
To raise, or put, a nap on.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A short period of sleep, especially one during the day time. -
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To sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day time.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nap
nap, n. a short sleep.—v.i. to take a short sleep: to feel drowsy and secure:—pr.p. nap′ping; pa.p. napped.—Catch napping, to come upon unprepared. [A.S. hnappian; cf. Ger. nicken, to nod.] -
nap
nap, n. the woolly substance on the surface of cloth: the downy covering of plants.—v.t. to raise a nap on.—ns. Nap′-mē′ter, a machine for testing the wearing strength of cloth; Nap′piness.—adj. Nap′py. [M. E. noppe: the same as knop.] -
nap
nap, n. a game of cards—Napoleon (q.v.) -
nap
nap, v.t. to seize, to take hold of, steal
