nap

9 definitions found

nap - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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,
           nap]
      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, nap]
      4: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
         [syn: nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short   sleep
         , snooze]
      5: a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes [syn:
         Napoleon, nap]
      v 1: take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
           [syn: nap, catnap, catch a wink]

nap - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  NAP
         Network Access Point (IN)
         

  NAP
         Network Access Protection (MS, Windows, Vista)
         

nap - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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