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Nap

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

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Manner of action 3

Doze 76% connected

To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drowse 76% connected

To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snooze 76% connected

A short sleep; a nap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Kip 76% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleep 76% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleeping 76% connected

of Sleep

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slumber 76% connected

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Texture 76% connected

The act or art of weaving.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yarn 76% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kip 76% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Siesta 76% connected

A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Nappy 74% connected

Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nappy 74% connected

Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sleep 74% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sleep 74% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Napoleon 92% connected

A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pile 92% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sleep 92% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Snooze 92% connected

A short sleep; a nap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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