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Inflections of 'nap' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

naps: v 3rd person singular

napping: v pres p

napped: v past

napped: v past p

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Sense: Noun: short sleep

Synonyms:

cat nap, snooze , siesta, rest , kip (UK, slang), shut-eye (informal), forty winks (informal), slumber

Sense: Verb: take a short sleep

Synonyms:

sleep , snooze , nod off (informal), drowse, slumber , rest , kip (UK, slang), catch some z's (informal), catch forty winks (informal), take a nap, take a cat nap

Sense: Noun: finish of fabric, etc.

Synonyms:

surface , feel , grit , grain , texture , top layer, fibers, fibres (UK), finish

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