NAPPED

brushed, fleecy, napped

(adjective) (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; “a dress of brushed cotton”; “a fleecy lining”; “napped fabrics”

NAP

nap, catnap, catch a wink

(verb) take a siesta; “She naps everyday after lunch for an hour”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

napped

simple past tense and past participle of nap

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Source: Wiktionary


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, n.

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

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.

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

Nap, v. t.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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