"take a nap" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a nap.ogg Forms: takes a nap [present, singular, third-person], taking a nap [participle, present], took a nap [past], taken a nap [participle, past], have a nap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a nap}} take a nap (third-person singular simple present takes a nap, present participle taking a nap, simple past took a nap, past participle taken a nap)
  1. (idiomatic) To sleep briefly. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: nap Translations (sleep briefly): (Chinese Mandarin), 小憩 (xiǎoqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 小睡 (xiǎoshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), ein Schläfchen machen (German), ein Nickerchen machen (German), kurz schlafen (German), lua un pui de somn (Romanian), trage un pui de somn (Romanian), вздремну́ть (vzdremnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), прикорну́ть (prikornútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), kestirmek (Turkish), şekerleme yapmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To sleep briefly."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "斜"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎoqì",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "小憩"
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          "sense": "sleep briefly",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "ein Nickerchen machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "kurz schlafen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "lua un pui de somn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "trage un pui de somn"
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          "roman": "vzdremnútʹ",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
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          "word": "вздремну́ть"
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          "word": "прикорну́ть"
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          "sense": "sleep briefly",
          "word": "kestirmek"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sleep briefly",
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        "(idiomatic) To sleep briefly."
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    {
      "word": "nap"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "斜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoqì",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "小憩"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoshuì",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "小睡"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "ein Schläfchen machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "ein Nickerchen machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "kurz schlafen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "lua un pui de somn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "trage un pui de somn"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzdremnútʹ",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "вздремну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikornútʹ",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прикорну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "kestirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sleep briefly",
      "word": "şekerleme yapmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a nap"
}

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