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as in to relax
to sleep lightly or briefly
decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them
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Recent Examples of nap
Carley Millhone, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Abby the stepmother was killed in an upstairs bedroom first; then Andrew while taking a nap on a couch in the parlor.
—Julie Jordan, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
While napping in the back bedroom, Charisse was awakened by the feeling of being touched on her hip.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Short naps avoid wake-up grogginess, also known as sleep inertia.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Abby the stepmother was killed in an upstairs bedroom first; then Andrew while taking a nap on a couch in the parlor.
—Julie Jordan, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
Parma restored the lead just six minutes later, after Juve’s defence was caught napping.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
While napping in the back bedroom, Charisse was awakened by the feeling of being touched on her hip.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Oct. 2024
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Summer days in the high mountains cede to relaxing evenings on the casual confines of Main Street.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Others will be happy to kick back, relax and sleep in.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Synthetic bags are generally the best budget sleeping options for those camping in the heat.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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May help cushion your shoulders and hips, especially when sleeping on your side.Heather Cruickshank, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
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Below Nancy Nehring's house, a hunk of metal rested on the sidewalk.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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The old Kentucky city of about 13,500 people rests approximately 40 miles south of Louisville.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
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Volcanoes become restless and then go back to slumbering all the time.Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The debauchery gets cut short when the vampires struggle to slumber and realize that housekeeping swept away their ancestral dirt.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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The bees will often snooze on the flower heads in the evening, and as the seeds mature in early fall, the heads become natural bird feeders.Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
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As Diana and Cannon snoozed together, the cat had an undeniable smile on her face.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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All-Star Game and a cute shot of Dunne dozing in the backseat of a car with their puppy Roux.Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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As the name suggests, those kinds of power naps are reminiscent of the ways our feline friends seem to laze and doze their entire days away.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Nap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nap. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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