Definition of nap:

part of speech: verb

To have a short sleep; to feel drowsy.

part of speech: noun

The woolly or smooth hairy substance on the surface of cloth; the downy substance on plants.

part of speech: noun

A short sleep.

Usage examples:

• He may take a nap or sit and listen a while to the dogs, or run round a swamp before he gets there. William J. Long in "Ways of Wood Folk".

• In the meantime he wanted above all things to sleep; so he promised himself that he would tie himself with some kind of rope to the saddle, and, as he would not have to hold Nell, he could take a nap for a few hours. Henryk Sienkiewicz in "In Desert and Wilderness".

• He had just seated himself in one corner of the deck, apparently for a nap when we rounded to at a landing, on the second day of the voyage northward. Maturin M. Ballou in "Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia".

• Immediately after breakfast you must take a nap Henryk Sienkiewicz in "In Desert and Wilderness".