Nap \Nap\, n.
   A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper.
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	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.
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   2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
      --Knight.
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	Nap \Nap\, v. t.
   To raise, or put, a nap on.
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	Nap \Nap\, n.
   Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
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	Nap \Nap\ (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped (n[a^]pt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Napping (n[a^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS.
   hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to
   bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn[imac]pa, to droop.]
   1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.
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   2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as,
      to be caught napping. --Wyclif.
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            I took thee napping, unprepared.      --Hudibras.
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	nap
     n 1: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a
          little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" [syn: sleep]
     2: a soft or fuzzy surface texture
     3: 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" [syn: pile]
     4: a short sleep (usually not in bed) [syn: catnap, cat
        sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze]
     5: a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
        [syn: Napoleon]
     v : take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
         [syn: catnap, catch a wink]
     [also: napping, napped]

	

	48 Moby Thesaurus words for "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

	

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