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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nap  \Nap\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Napped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Napping}.]  [OE.  nappen,  AS  hn[ae]ppian  to  take  a  nap,  to 
  slumber;  cf  AS  hnipian  to  bend  one's  self  Icel.  hnipna 
  hn[=i]pa,  to  droop.] 
  1.  To  have  a  short  sleep;  to  be  drowsy;  to  doze.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  be  in  a  careless,  secure  state.  --Wyclif. 
 
  I  took  thee  napping,  unprepared.  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nap  \Nap\,  n. 
  A  short  sleep;  a  doze;  a  siesta.  --Cowper. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  pl  The  loops  which  are  cut  to  make  the  pile,  in  velvet. 
  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nap  \Nap\,  v.  t. 
  To  raise,  or  put  a  nap  on 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nap  \Nap\,  n. 
  Same  as  {Napoleon},  1,  below. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nap 
  n  1:  a  period  of  time  spent  sleeping;  "he  felt  better  after  a 
  little  sleep";  "a  brief  nap"  [syn:  {sleep}] 
  2:  a  soft  or  fuzzy  surface  texture 
  3:  a  short  sleep  (usually  not  in  bed)  [syn:  {catnap},  {cat 
  sleep},  {forty  winks},  {short  sleep},  {snooze}] 
  v  :  take  a  siesta;  "She  naps  everyday  after  lunch  for  an  hour" 
  [syn:  {catnap},  {catch  a  wink}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  NAP 
  Network  Access  Point  IN 
 
 




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