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# nap

«nap» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short sleep in the day** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (nap, naps); verb (nap, naps, napped, napping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A nap is a short sleep in the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#m1)

2) To nap is to take a short sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#m2)

3) «Catch someone napping» means find them not ready or not paying attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a time in the story; naps can last minutes or hours and can be counted; in everyday life babies and small children nap after lunch; in health sleep helps the body and brain rest; phrases «take a nap», «power nap», «cat nap»

### examples

- The baby takes 2 naps a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x1)
- His nap lasted 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x2)
- She napped for 1 hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x3)
- The cat naps 3 hours each afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x4)
- Grandpa took a nap on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x5)
- My little brother gets grumpy when he misses his nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x6)
- The dog was napping in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x7)
- A short cat nap made her feel fresh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/#x8)

### note

Gives a length of time: add naps for total sleep; «each day» gives a rate. Trap: change hours and minutes to one unit before adding. Spelling: double the p, nap → napped, napping.

### In the corpora

- [A short nap of about 20 minutes early in the afternoon can refresh you; a long late nap makes night sleep harder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.