Meaning of nap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
2. A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
   countable, uncountable
3. A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
   British, countable, uncountable
4. A cup, bowl.
   Northern-England, Scotland
5. Acronym of non-aggression principle.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
   countable, uncountable
7. A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
   uncountable
8. A brief sleep, often during the day.
9. Acronym of non-aggression pact.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
10. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
    countable, uncountable
11. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
12. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
13. To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish) in a thin, even layer: "a stuffed veal chop napped with an elegant Port sauce" (Jay Jacobs).
14. a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”: artnap; petnap; starnap.
15. A brief sleep:catnap, doze, siesta, snooze.
16. To sleep for a brief period:catnap, doze (off), nod (off), siesta, snooze.
17. a short sleep. She always has a nap after lunch. slapie, dutjie غَفْوَه дрямка soneca zdřímnutí, šlofík das Nickerchen lur υπνάκοςsiesta uinak چرت زدن nokkaunet sommeתנומה झपकी, मखमल के महीन धागे drijemanje szundikálás tidur sebentar blundur sonnellino, pisolino うたたね 선잠, 낮잠 pogulis, prisnūdimas snauda tidur sekejap dutjelur, høneblunddrzemka چرت وهل soneca pui de somn короткий сон zdriemnutie dremež dremka tupplur งีบ şekerleme (白天)小睡，打盹 дрімота; короткий сон قيلولہ giấc ngủ ngắn （白天）小睡，打盹
18. to catch (someone) unprepared for a particular emergency etc. iemand aan die slaap gevang يُفاجِئُه وهو نائِم заварвам някого неподготвен apanhar desprevenido přistihnout, překvapit überrumpeln tage nogen på sengen πιάνω στον ύπνο coger/pillar a alguien desprevenido ootamatult tabama در حالت غفلت و بی خبری بودن yllättää jk housut kintuissa prendre au dépourvu נִתפּס לא מוּכַן सोता हुआ पाना, असावधान या बखे़बर पाना, गुफलत या गलती करते हुए पकड़ लेना zateći nespremnim, uhvatiti na spavanju készül...
    etc
19. To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze.

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Examples

“I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“THEY CALL IT the "nap of the Earth," that area from the ground to the level of surrounding trees and hills, the thin rug of foliage and rock folds at the Earth's skin line that has become all-important to the United States Army.”

“If incorporated in automatic guidance, this practical pursuit adjustment will enhance pilot acceptance of automatic guidance in following nap-of-the-earth profiles with precision.”

“If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.”

“Instead of grinding the pistons straight around the axis, they are ground diagonally with a special-built machine. As a result, the “nap” of the metal is turned in such a way that, when it meets the “nap” of the cylinder wall, both surfaces quickly develop a high finish which removes the danger of scoring a piston.”

“4. Races run on English, Welsh or Scottish racecourses. This criterion was included so that media tipsters ^([sic]) nap selections in general could be analysed; the source of naps, The Racing Rag 'tipster table', summarises the nap selections of newspaper tipsters, who restrict their selection to horses running at racecourses in these countries.”

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