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 →

2) To nap is to take a short sleep. tree →

3) «Catch someone napping» means find them not ready or not paying attention. tree →

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 →
• His nap lasted 45 minutes. tree →
• She napped for 1 hour. tree →
• The cat naps 3 hours each afternoon. tree →
• Grandpa took a nap on the sofa. tree →
• My little brother gets grumpy when he misses his nap. tree →
• The dog was napping in the sun. tree →
• A short cat nap made her feel fresh. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.