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nap

N การ งีบ การ ม่อยหลับ ไป siesta cat nap snooze doze kan-ngib

nap

N ขนอ่อน ของ ต้น พืช kon-on-kong-ton-phud

nap

VI งีบ ม่อยหลับ ไป snooze slumber awaken ngib

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NAP

n.To lean, that is, to nod. 1. A short sleep or slumber.

NAP

v.i. 1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy.
2. To be in a careless, secure state.

NAP

n. 1. The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth.
2. The downy or soft hairy substance on plants.
3. A knop.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NAP

Nap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped; p. pr. & vb. n. Napping. ] Etym: [OE. nappen, AS. hn &ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hnipa, 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.

NAP

Defn: A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.

NAP

Nap, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.

NAP

NAP Nap, v. t.

Defn: To raise, or put, a nap on.

New American Oxford Dictionary

nap

nap 1 |nap ˈnæp | ▶verb ( naps, napping , napped ) [ no obj. ] sleep lightly or briefly, esp. during the day. ▶noun a short sleep, esp. during the day: excuse me, I'll just take a little nap. PHRASES catch someone napping informal (of a person, action, or event ) find someone off guard and unprepared to respond: he caught the runner napping off second base and tagged him out. ORIGIN Old English hnappian, probably of Germanic origin.

nap

nap 2 |ˈnæp nap | ▶noun [ in sing. ] the raised hairs, threads, or similar small projections on the surface of fabric or suede (used esp. with reference to the direction in which they naturally lie ): carefully machine the seam, following the direction of the nap. DERIVATIVES nap less adjective ORIGIN late Middle English noppe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe ‘nap, ’ noppen ‘trim the nap from. ’

nap

nap 3 |ˈnæp nap | ▶noun a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game.

nap

nap 4 |ˈnæp nap | ▶verb ( naps, napping , napped ) [ no obj. ] (of a horse ) refuse, esp. habitually, to go on at the rider's instruction; jib. ORIGIN 1950s: back-formation from nappy, an adjective first used to describe heady beer (late Middle English ), later used in the sense ‘intoxicated by drink ’ (early 18th cent. ), and since the 1920s used to describe a disobedient horse.

Oxford Dictionary

nap

nap 1 |nap | ▶verb ( naps, napping, napped ) [ no obj. ] sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day. ▶noun a short sleep, especially during the day: excuse me, I'll just take a little nap. PHRASES catch someone napping Brit. informal find someone off guard and unprepared to respond: the goalkeeper was caught napping by a shot from Carpenter. ORIGIN Old English hnappian, probably of Germanic origin.

nap

nap 2 |nap | ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] the raised hairs or threads on the surface of fabric or suede leather, in terms of the direction in which they naturally lie. 2 Austral. informal, dated a bedroll used for sleeping on in the open. DERIVATIVES napless adjective ORIGIN late Middle English noppe, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German noppe ‘nap ’, noppen ‘trim the nap from ’. Sense 2 is probably from knapsack .

nap

nap 3 |nap | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five. 2 Brit. a tipster's prediction of the probable winner of a race. ▶verb ( naps, napping, napped ) [ with obj. ] Brit. name (a horse or greyhound ) as a probable winner of a race. PHRASES go nap attempt to take all five tricks in nap. • score or win five times: Tranmere Rovers went nap to inflict a heavy 5 –1 defeat on West Ham. • risk everything in one attempt. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game.

nap

nap 4 |nap | ▶verb ( naps, napping, napped ) [ no obj. ] (of a horse ) refuse, especially habitually, to go on at the rider's instruction; jib. ORIGIN 1950s: back-formation from nappy, an adjective first used to describe heady beer (late Middle English ), later used in the sense ‘intoxicated by drink ’ (early 18th cent. ), and since the 1920s used to describe a disobedient horse.

American Oxford Thesaurus

nap

nap 1 verb they were napping on the sofa: doze, sleep, sleep lightly, take a nap, catnap, rest, take a siesta; informal snooze, catch forty winks, get some shut-eye, catch some Zs, catch a few Zs. ▶noun a nap will make you feel better: (some ) sleep, a little sleep, a catnap, a siesta, a doze, a lie-down, (a /some ) rest, a little rest; informal a snooze, forty winks, (some ) shut-eye, a little shut-eye, (some ) beauty sleep /rest, a little beauty sleep /rest, a power nap. PHRASES catch someone napping the teacher had warned us to be ever prepared, but the unannounced test caught most of us napping: catch off guard, catch unawares, surprise, take by surprise, catch out, find unprepared; informal catch someone with their pants down.

nap

nap 2 noun the nap of the velvet: pile, fibers, threads, weave, surface, grain.

Oxford Thesaurus

nap

nap 1 verb they arrived to find her napping on the sofa. See snooze (verb ). ▶noun she'd been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap. See snooze (noun ). PHRASES catch someone napping catch off guard, catch unawares, take by surprise, surprise, catch in an unguarded moment, catch out, find unprepared; informal catch someone with their trousers /pants down; Brit. informal catch on the hop.

nap

nap 2 noun use a wire brush to raise the nap of the suede: pile, fibres, threads, weave, shag, texture, feel, surface, grain.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nap

nap 1 /næp /名詞複～s /-s /C (特に日中の )うたた寝 , 昼寝, 居眠り ▸ take [have ] a little [short ] nap after lunch 昼食の後にひと眠りする (!｟米｠ではtakeの方が普通 ) 動詞～s ; ～ped ; ～ping 自動詞うたた寝をする, 昼寝をする .be c à ught n á pping ｟くだけて｠1 不意をつかれる, 寝込みを襲われる .2 うたた寝しているところを見つかる .

nap

nap 2 名詞 U (ラシャなどの )けば .動詞～s ; ～ped ; ～ping 他動詞〈織物など〉にけばを立てる .n á p less 形容詞

nap

nap 3 名詞 U 1 ＝napoleon 1 .2 勝ち馬の予想 .