Nap | Mean of nap in English Dictionary

/ˈnæp/

• Noun
• a short period of sleep especially during the day
1. She awoke from her nap rested and refreshed.
2. You look like you could use a nap.
3. He put the baby down for a nap.
4. Grandma takes a nap every afternoon.
• Verb
• to sleep for a short period of time especially during the day
1. He's napping [=dozing] on the couch.
• to be in a state in which you are not prepared to deal with something because you were not paying attention
1. The goalie had to be napping when that ball got by him.
2. When the problem appeared again, the government was caught napping. [=the government was not prepared to deal with it]
• Noun

• a soft layer of threads on the surface of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.