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- [nap]
- /næp/
- /næp/
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- [nap]
- /næp/
Definitions of nap word
- verb without object nap to sleep for a short time; doze. 1
- verb without object nap to be off one's guard: The question caught him napping. 1
- verb with object nap to raise a nap on. 1
- noun nap Napoleon ("Nap") 1875–1959, U.S. baseball player. 1
- noun nap Sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day. 1
- noun nap sleep 1
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Origin of nap
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English nappen (v.), nap (noun), Old English hnappian to sleep; cognate with Middle High German napfen
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Parts of speech for Nap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nap
noun nap
- intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- nod — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- catnap — A catnap is a short sleep, usually one which you have during the day.
- spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
verb nap
- relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- drop off — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drowse — to be sleepy or half-asleep.
Antonyms for nap
noun nap
- continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
verb nap
- turn out — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
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