The meaning of Nap

noun

A short sleep during the day.

Usage examples:

I plan to have a short catnap (ten minutes tops) on the sofa before jogging down the road to class.

verb

Have a short sleep during the day.

Usage examples:

Carradine catnapped in a hammock between two chairs

noun

A short sleep, esp. during the day

verb

Sleep lightly.

Usage examples:

He found his mother dozing by the fire

noun

A short, light sleep.

Usage examples:

‘i think i'll have a doze,’ he said, closing his eyes

verb

Be half asleep; doze intermittently.

Usage examples:

He was beginning to drowse in his chair

noun

A light sleep; a condition of being half asleep.

Usage examples:

She awoke from a light drowse

verb

To sleep lightly for a short time, or to be almost asleep

Usage examples:

Exhausted by their exercise, they were content to drowse in the sun., drowsing before dinner one ev…

verb

Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.

Usage examples:

She felt someone touch her shoulder

noun

An act of touching something to examine it.

Usage examples:

I let him have a feel of my hair and kept saying ‘it's a bit of a shock, isn't it?’ (must have been…

verb

Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state

noun

A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

Usage examples:

The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres

noun

A thread-like part made from plants or artificial material which can be made into products

Usage examples:

Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler., artificial/man-made/synthetic fibre(s), they use …

noun

Wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.

Usage examples:

He now had two patches of grain and maize while apricots, cherries, plums and quince hung heavily f…

verb

Give a rough surface or texture to.

Usage examples:

Her fingers were grained with chalk dust

noun

A seed from a plant, esp. a grass such as wheat, or the crop from such a plant

Usage examples:

[ c ] wheat and rye are two common grains used in making bread., [ u ] grain is one of the main exp…

noun

(in leather-making) the hide of a young or small animal.

Usage examples:

Now with flawless tight grain kip skin leather and the best pro patterns, these gloves are sure to …

noun

The basic monetary unit of laos, equal to 100 ats.

Usage examples:

Wide fluctuations began in 1998, when the kip was valued at about 6,200 to the u.s. dollar.

noun

A unit of weight equal to 1,000 lb (453.6 kg).

noun

A short rest in which one lies down on a bed, sofa, etc.

Usage examples:

He felt badly in need of a lie-down

phrasal verb

To move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in order to sleep or rest

Usage examples:

He lay down on the bed and tried to relax., i usually have a lie-down after lunch., she said she wa…

noun

A heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.

Usage examples:

He placed the books in a neat pile

verb

Place (things) one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

She piled all the groceries on the counter

verb

Strengthen or support (a structure) with piles.

Usage examples:

An earlier bridge may have been piled

verb

Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

Usage examples:

He needed to rest after the feverish activity

noun

An instance or period of resting.

Usage examples:

You look as though you need a rest

verb

Remain or be left in a specified condition.

Usage examples:

You can rest assured she will do everything she can

noun

A carpet or rug with a long, rough pile.

Usage examples:

Wall-to-wall shag carpet

noun

A western european and mediterranean cormorant with greenish-black plumage and a long curly crest in the breeding season.

Usage examples:

Although the majority of shags, unlike many cormorants, do not normally wander far in winter from t…

noun

A dance originating in the us in the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by vigorous hopping from one foot to the other.

noun

An afternoon rest or nap, especially one taken during the hottest hours of the day in a hot climate.

Usage examples:

Everyone had a siesta for a few hours

noun

A rest or sleep taken at the beginning of the afternoon, esp. in hot countries

verb

Sleep.

Usage examples:

Sleeping beauty slumbered in her forest castle

noun

A sleep.

Usage examples:

Scaring folk from their slumbers

noun

Sleep

Usage examples:

[ c ] she felt as if she had awakened from a long slumber., the small town slumbered in the moonlig…

verb

Have a short, light sleep, especially during the day.

Usage examples:

The children play beach games while the adults snooze in the sun

noun

A short, light sleep, especially during the day.

Usage examples:

He settled in the grass for a snooze

verb

To sleep lightly for a short time

Usage examples:

The dog was snoozing in front of the fire.

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

adjective

Relating to or found on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

Surface layers

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

noun

The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance.

Usage examples:

Skin texture and tone

verb

Give (something) a rough or uneven texture.

Usage examples:

The artist textures the paper with scalpel blades

noun

The quality of something that can be known by touch, or the degree to which something is rough or smooth or soft or hard

Usage examples:

[ u ] wall hangings add texture to a room., [ c ] she uses unique colors and textures in her painti…

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

phrase

Clothes

Usage examples:

I love walking down the street and seeing someone in my threads., i've always liked my threads., ni…

verb

Form (fabric or a fabric item) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them.

Usage examples:

Textiles woven from linen or wool

noun

A particular style or manner in which something is woven.

Usage examples:

Cloth of a very fine weave

verb

Twist and turn from side to side while moving somewhere in order to avoid obstructions.

Usage examples:

He had to weave his way through the crowds

noun

A whizzing or buzzing sound.

Usage examples:

The metallic zizz of the starter motor

verb

Make a whizzing or buzzing sound.

Usage examples:

The banger started zizzing furiously