Nap

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brief sleep, often during the day.
  • verb-intransitive. To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze.
  • verb-intransitive. To be unaware of imminent danger or trouble; be off guard: The civil unrest caught the police napping.
  • n. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
  • v. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
  • v. To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish): "a stuffed veal chop napped with an elegant Port sauceā€ ( Jay Jacobs).
  • n. A card game that resembles whist.
  • n. The highest bid in this game, announcing the intention to win five tricks, the maximum number in a hand. Also called napoleon.
  • n. See napoleon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
  • v. to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather)
  • v. to grab; to nab
  • v. To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)
  • n. A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips
  • n. A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon
  • n. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day
  • v. to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day
  • v. to be off one's guard
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared.
  • 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.
  • n. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
  • v. To raise, or put, a nap on.
  • n. Same as napoleon, 1, below.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To have a short sleep; be drowsy.
  • To detect in the very act: hence the phrase in the quotation.
  • n. A short sleep.
  • n. The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth, felt, or other fabric.
  • n. Some covering resembling the nap of cloth.
  • n. A felted cloth used in polishing glass, marble, etc.
  • n. plural The loops of the warp in uncut velvet, which, when cut, form tho pile.
  • n. Dress; form; presentation.
  • To raise or put a nap on.
  • n. A beaker.
  • n. A knob; a protuberance; the top of a hill.
  • To seize; grasp.
  • To strike.
  • To cheat.
  • n. An abbreviated form of napoleon, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
  • n. a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
  • v. take a siesta
  • n. a period of time spent sleeping
  • n. a soft or fuzzy surface texture
  • n. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
  • Verb Form
    napped    napping    naps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thread    yarn    card game    cards    texture   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    napping    napped    Napoleon    napoleon   
    Form
    napped    napping    catnap    dirt nap    catch napping    kidnap   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    doze    siesta    pile    shag    down    silk    wool    villi    villosity    fleece   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    App    Capp    Jap    Lapp    Papp    Trapp    Yap    app    cap    chap   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stroll    siesta    slumber    snack    sleep    chat    snooze    lunch    luncheon    respite