Dictionary definitions
- Enter a word for the dictionary definition.
nap
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nap \Nap\, n. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
--Knight.
[1913 Webster]
.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nap \Nap\, v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nap \Nap\, n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster +PJC] I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
