nap
[noun]
Synonyms:
- sleep, catnap, forty winks (informal), kip (Brit. slang), rest, siesta
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sleep, catnap, doze, drop off (informal), kip (Brit. slang), nod off (informal), rest, snooze (informal)
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[noun]
weave, down, fibre, grain, pile

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Related Idioms: catch a wink of sleep, catch forty winks, take a nap (or siesta or snooze)
Related Words: dogsleep, break, interlude, intermission, let up, pause, respite, rest, drowse, relax, unlax

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English Thesaurus: sleep, slumber/slumbers, shut-eye, doze, snooze, ...

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I. nap¹ /næp/ noun
[Sense 1: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: ⇒ nap²]
[Sense 2: Date: 1400-1500; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: noppe]

1. [countable] a short sleep, especially during the day
have/take a nap
I usually take a nap after lunch.
an afternoon nap

2. [singular] the soft surface on some cloth and leather, made by brushing the short fine threads or hairs in one direction ⇒ pile¹(7)

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II. nap² verb (past tense and past participle napped, present participle napping) [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hnappian]

1. be caught napping informal to not be ready to deal with something when it happens, although you should be ready for it:
The German team were caught napping and Lampard scored the winning goal.

2. to sleep for a short time during the day

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

nap
noun
ADJ. brief, little, quick, short | afternoon, morning | cat (also catnap) If you have difficulty sleeping at night, avoid taking catnaps during the day.
power A ten-minute power nap can boost your productivity.
VERB + NAP have, take I had a short nap after lunch.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

nap

have/take a nap
I took a nap after lunch.
a short/little nap
A short nap may make you feel better.
a quick/brief nap
I like to have a brief nap in the afternoon.
an afternoon/morning nap
She has her afternoon nap at about two.
a two-hour/twenty minute etc nap
At age four, she was still having a two-hour nap every day.
a power nap (=a short sleep at work, that gives you more energy and concentration)
Try taking a power nap before the meeting.
a catnap (=a very short sleep)
I envied her ability to take catnaps at any time of the day.
nap time
You can always tell when it's a baby's nap time because they start getting irritable.

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sleep the natural state of resting your mind and body, when your eyes are closed and you do not notice anything happening around you:
I hardly got any sleep at all last night.
He woke suddenly from a deep sleep.
slumber/slumbers literary sleep:
She fell into an uneasy slumber.
He awoke from his slumbers.
shut-eye informal especially humorous sleep:
I really need to get some shut-eye.
doze a period in which you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed:
Edward was so tired he fell into a doze on the settee.
snooze informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed:
He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.
nap a short sleep, especially during the day:
He’s taking a nap.
Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.
forty winks informal a short sleep, especially during the day:
I’m just going to have forty winks.
I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.

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sleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep:
Most people sleep for about eight hours.
He slept downstairs.
Did you sleep well?
be asleep to be sleeping:
The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her.
He was fast asleep (=completely asleep)by the time I got home.
oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning:
I overslept and was late for work.
take a nap (also have a nap especially British English) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day:
I think I’ll have a nap.
She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap.
have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed:
I think I’ll have a quick snooze.
doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken:
I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing.
I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film.
kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use:
I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days.
Is it alright if I kip on the floor?
go to sleep (=start sleeping)
He turned over and went to sleep.
drift/drop off to sleep (=start sleeping, especially without meaning to)
She’d drifted off to sleep on the sofa.
get to sleep (=succeed in starting to sleep)
Last night I couldn’t get to sleep.
go back/get back to sleep (=sleep again after waking up)
He shut his eyes and went back to sleep.
send somebody to sleep (=make someone start sleeping)
She hoped the music would send her to sleep.
get some sleep (=sleep for a while)
You’d better get some sleep.
have a sleep British English (=sleep for a short while)
Are you going to have a sleep after lunch today?
catch up on some sleep (=sleep after not having enough sleep)
I suggest you try and catch up on some sleep.
sing/rock/lull somebody to sleep (=make someone sleep by singing etc)
She was usually able to rock the baby back to sleep quite quickly.
a long sleep
He needed a decent meal and a long sleep.
a little/short sleep
I always have a little sleep in the afternoon.
a deep/sound/heavy sleep (=a sleep from which you cannot easily be woken)
The noise woke him from a deep sleep.
a light sleep (=a sleep from which you can easily be woken)
I fell into a light sleep.
a dreamless sleep (=in which you do not dream)
She fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
an exhausted sleep (=because you were very tired)
He finally woke from an exhausted sleep.
a fitful/restless/uneasy sleep (=in which you keep moving or waking)
My alarm woke me from a fitful sleep.
a good night’s sleep (=when you sleep well)
I woke up refreshed after a good night’s sleep.
five/eight etc hours’ sleep
After eight hours’ sleep, I woke up in pitch blackness.
drift in and out of sleep (=keep almost waking up)
I lay in the garden, drifting in and out of sleep.
cry yourself to sleep (=cry until you fall asleep)
I used to cry myself to sleep every night.
fall into a deep/long etc sleep (=start sleeping deeply, for a long time etc)
He lay down on his bed and fell into a deep sleep.
wake/be woken from a deep/long etc sleep
A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep.
slumber/slumbers literary sleep:
She fell into an uneasy slumber.
He awoke from his slumbers.
shut-eye informal especially humorous sleep:
I really need to get some shut-eye.
snooze informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed:
He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.
nap a short sleep, especially during the day:
He’s taking a nap.
Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.
forty winks informal a short sleep, especially during the day:
I’m just going to have forty winks.
I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.

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NAP
Not A Problem

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NAP
Amsterdam Ordnance Datum

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