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Naps

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

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noun
  1. 1

    A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

verb
  1. 1

    To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

  2. 2

    To be off one's guard.

    "The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse."

noun
  1. 1

    A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.

  2. 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."

verb
  1. 1

    To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

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WordDefinition
catnapnounA brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
forty winksnoun(idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
snoozenounA 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 sleepnouna short sleep (usually not in bed)
catch a winkverbtake a siesta
short sleepnouna short sleep (usually not in bed)
spanounA health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
bangnounA sudden percussive noise.
nipnounA 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.]
napanounBrassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
pansnounEllipsis of Peter Pans; plural of Pan.
nationalnounA subject of a nation.
dapnoun(originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
pnanounInitialism of Palestinian National Authority.
pannounA 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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