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Definition of Nap

  • [v. i.] - To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
  • [v. i.] - To be in a careless, secure state.
  • [n.] - A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
  • [n.] - 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.
  • [n.] - The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
  • [v. t.] - To raise, or put, a nap on.
  • [n.] - Same as Napoleon, 1, below.