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Webster 1913 Edition


Nap

Nap

(năp)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Napped
(năpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Napping
(năp′pĭng)
.]
[OE.
nappen
, AS.
hnæppian
to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS.
hnipian
to bend one’s self, Icel.
hnipna
,
hnīpa
, to droop.]
1.
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Chaucer.
I took thee
napping
, unprepared.
Hudibras.

Nap

,
Noun.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
Cowper.

Nap

,
Noun.
[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
.
2.
pl.
The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
Knight.

Nap

,
Verb.
T.
To raise, or put, a nap on.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nap

NAP

,
Noun.
To lean, that is, to nod.
1.
A short sleep or slumber.

NAP

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy.
2.
To be in a careless, secure state.

NAP

,
Noun.
1.
The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth.
2.
The downy or soft hairy substance on plants.
3.
A knop.

Definition 2024


Nap

Nap

See also: nap, NAP, nắp, Näp, and -nap

Hungarian

Noun

Nap

  1. the Sun
    A Nap a Naprendszer legnagyobb égiteste. ― The Sun is the largest celestial body of the Solar System.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Nap
accusative Napot
dative Napnak
instrumental Nappal
causal-final Napért
translative Nappá
terminative Napig
essive-formal Napként
essive-modal
inessive Napban
superessive Napon
adessive Napnál
illative Napba
sublative Napra
allative Naphoz
elative Napból
delative Napról
ablative Naptól
Possessive forms of Nap
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Napom
2nd person sing. Napod
3rd person sing. Napja
1st person plural Napunk
2nd person plural Napotok
3rd person plural Napjuk

nap

nap

See also: Nap, NAP, nắp, Näp, and -nap

English

Noun

nap (plural naps)

  1. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:sleep
Derived terms
See also

See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for collocations of nap

Translations

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day
  2. to be off one's guard
    • Hudibras
      I took thee napping, unprepared.
    The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
Derived terms
Translations
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Middle English nappe, from Middle Dutch

Noun

nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)

  1. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
    • 1591, King Henry VI part II, by William Shakespeare
      I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
      On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 37:
      There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap.
Translations

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

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

Etymology 3

  • From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

Noun

nap (plural naps)

  1. (Britain) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips
  2. (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon
  3. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
Derived terms
  • go nap
Translations

Etymology 4

Possibly of North Germanic origin, cognate with nab, see Swedish nappa (to pinch).

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. (obsolete) to grab; to nab
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From French napper, from nappe (nape).

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)
    • 2006, Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs‎:
      Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin napus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nap/
  • Rhymes: -ap

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

  1. turnip, Brassica rapa

Chuukese

Adjective

nap

  1. great

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑp/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nap, from Old Dutch nap, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.

Noun

nap m (plural nappen, diminutive napje n)

  1. drinking cup

Derived terms

  • zuignap

Anagrams


Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒp]

Noun

nap (plural napok)

  1. day
    Egy hét 7 napból áll. - A week consists of 7 days.
  2. sun (also written Nap in astronomical context)
    Süt a nap. - The sun is shining.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative nap napok
accusative napot napokat
dative napnak napoknak
instrumental nappal napokkal
causal-final napért napokért
translative nappá napokká
terminative napig napokig
essive-formal napként napokként
essive-modal
inessive napban napokban
superessive napon napokon
adessive napnál napoknál
illative napba napokba
sublative napra napokra
allative naphoz napokhoz
elative napból napokból
delative napról napokról
ablative naptól napoktól
Possessive forms of nap
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. napom napjaim
2nd person sing. napod napjaid
3rd person sing. napja napjai
1st person plural napunk napjaink
2nd person plural napotok napjaitok
3rd person plural napjuk napjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

(Expressions):


Occitan

Etymology

Latin napus

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

  1. turnip Brassica rapa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nāpus.

Noun

nap m (plural napi)

  1. turnip or swede (Brassica napus)
  2. carrot

Declension

See also