📖 Definitions of "Naps"
- 1
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- 1
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- 2
To be off one's guard.
"The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse."
- 1
A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- 2
The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
"If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction."
- 1
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Naps"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| catnapnoun | A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. |
| forty winksnoun | (idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap. |
| snoozenoun | A brief period of sleep; a nap. |
| sleepnoun | (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. |
| cat sleepnoun | a short sleep (usually not in bed) |
| catch a winkverb | take a siesta |
| short sleepnoun | a short sleep (usually not in bed) |
| spanoun | A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring. |
| bangnoun | A sudden percussive noise. |
| nipnoun | A playful bite. |
| breadnoun | (uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals. |
| ancnoun | (South Africa) Initialism of African National Congress. |
| anpnoun | (biochemistry) Initialism of atrial natriuretic peptide. [(biochemistry, endocrinology) A strong vasodilatory, peptide hormone, secreted by the cardiac muscle cells.] |
| napanoun | Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage. |
| pansnoun | Ellipsis of Peter Pans; plural of Pan. |
| nationalnoun | A subject of a nation. |
| dapnoun | (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs. |
| pnanoun | Initialism of Palestinian National Authority. |
| pannoun | A surname. |
| nlpnoun | (computing) Initialism of natural language processing. [A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data.] |
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