nap

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a period of time spent sleeping
  2. noun a soft or fuzzy surface texture
  3. noun the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

Etymology

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“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”)).

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Synonyms

sleep

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