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nap
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nap/
- (US) IPA(key): /næp/
- Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: knap
Etymology 1
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *hnapp?n? (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
Noun
nap (plural naps)
- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shut-eye, Thesaurus:sleep
Derived terms
- catnap
- dirt nap
- micronap
- napless
Translations
See also
See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for collocations of nap.
Verb
nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- Synonyms: snooze, doze
- (figuratively) To be off one's guard.
- a. 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- I took thee napping, unprepared.
- a. 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
Derived terms
- catch napping
Translations
Etymology 2
From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.
Noun
nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- 1591, King Henry VI part II, by William Shakespeare:
- I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16:
- 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.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 37:
- 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.
- 1961, Skyline, page 9:
- 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.
- 1987, Some Data Processing Requirements for Precision Nap-Of-the-Earth (NOE) Guidance and Control of Rotorcraft:
- 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.
- 1591, King Henry VI part II, by William Shakespeare:
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.
- 1969, Classic Car, volumes 17-19, page 32:
- 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.
Derived terms
- napless
Translations
Verb
nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
Etymology 3
From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.
Noun
nap (plural naps)
- (Britain) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
Derived terms
- go nap
Translations
Etymology 4
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.
Verb
nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- (obsolete) To grab; to nab.
Derived terms
- kidnap
Etymology 5
From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).
Verb
nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
- 2006, Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs:
- Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.
- 2006, Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs:
Etymology 6
From Middle English nap (“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp (“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap (“drinking cup”), German Napf (“bowl”), Low German Napp (“bowl, cup”), Icelandic hnappur (“button, key”). See also nappy.
Noun
nap (plural naps)
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- ANP, NPA, PAN, PNA, Pan, Pan., anp, pan, pan-
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan nap, from Latin n?pus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?nap/
- Rhymes: -ap
Noun
nap m (plural naps)
- turnip, Brassica rapa
Chuukese
Adjective
nap
- great
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nap, from Old Dutch nap, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?p/
- Hyphenation: nap
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
nap m (plural nappen, diminutive napje n)
- drinking cup
Derived terms
- bedelnap
- zuignap
Anagrams
- pan
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
nap (plural napok)
- day
- sun (also written Nap in astronomical context)
- (attributive) solar
Usage notes
(day):
(sun): Some astronomical and geographical terms have both a lowercase (common noun) and a capitalized (proper noun) form. For föld (“ground, soil; Earth”)??Föld (“Earth”), hold (“moon, satellite; Moon”)??Hold (“our Moon”), and nap (“day; sun; Sun”)??Nap (“our Sun”), the lowercase forms are used in the everyday sense and the capitalized forms in the astronomical sense. In other similar pairs, the former refers to generic sense, and the latter specifies the best known referent: egyenlít? (“equator”)??Egyenlít? (“Equator”), naprendszer (“solar system”)??Naprendszer (“Solar System”), and tejút (“galaxy”, literally “milky way”, but galaxis and galaktika are more common)??Tejút (“Milky Way”).[1][2][3]
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- nap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hnæpp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.
Alternative forms
- nep, nappe, neppe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nap/
Noun
nap (plural nappes)
- A bowl for one's beverages; a chalice.
Descendants
- English: nap (now dialectal)
- Scots: nap
References
- “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.
Etymology 2
A back-formation from nappen.
Alternative forms
- nappe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nap/
Noun
nap
- A nap or doze; a short sleep.
Descendants
- English: nap
- Scots: nap
- Yola: nappe
References
- “nap, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.
Etymology 3
Verb
nap
- Alternative form of nappen
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan nap, from Latin n?pus.
Noun
nap m (plural naps)
- turnip (Brassica rapa)
Derived terms
- nap del diable
References
- Arve Cassignac, L'Occitan de Comunicason, 2019
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin n?pus.
Noun
nap m (plural napi)
- turnip or swede (Brassica napus)
- carrot
Declension
See also
- navet?
- rapi??
- sfecl?
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drowse
English
Etymology
From Middle English *drousen, from Old English dr?san, dr?sian (“to sink; become low, slow, or inactive; droop; drowse; become feeble”), probably from a merger of Proto-Germanic *dr?sijan? (“to look down; mourn”) and Proto-Germanic *dreusan? (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch drozen (“to doze; muse”), German trauern (“to mourn, be sad”), Danish drøse (“to slow down, be negligent”), Norwegian døse (“to drowse”), Swedish drösa (“to be slow”), Old English dr?osan ("to rush; fall; perish"; > Middle English dresen (“to fall down”)), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (driusan, “to fall; fall down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?a?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
drowse (third-person singular simple present drowses, present participle drowsing, simple past and past participle drowsed)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To be sleepy and inactive.
- 1973 July, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Homeward with Ulysses, published in National Geographic, volume 144, number 1:
- In August the cicadas chorused, and the dusty olive trees drowsed in the sun.
- 1973 July, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Homeward with Ulysses, published in National Geographic, volume 144, number 1:
- (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
- (transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ? sleepily make one's way.)
- 1873, Mark Twain, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1915 republication), page 285:
- […] the wary tadpole returned from exile, the bullfrog resumed his ancient song, the tranquil turtle sunned his back upon bank and log and drowsed his grateful life away as in the old sweet days of yore.
- 2008, Sarah Mayberry, Cruise Control, published in Best of Makeovers Bundle, page 209:
- They were led into a large, attractive room with twin massage beds, and welcomed by their masseurs—in Balinese tradition, he had a male masseur, Anna a female. He drowsed his way through the first half hour of the treatment, […]
- 1873, Mark Twain, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1915 republication), page 285:
- (transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Derived terms
- bedrowse
- drowsy
- drowsily
Translations
Noun
drowse (plural drowses)
- The state of being sleepy and inactive.
- in a drowse
Translations
Anagrams
- Dowers, Sowder, dowers, dowser, sworde, wordes, worsed
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