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/næp/ · verb
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day..
The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
I took thee napping, unprepared.
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.
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 the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.
Use nap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nap means To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day..
Common synonyms include snooze, doze, kip, cark.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
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