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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | break, catnap, doze, few z's, forty winks, interlude, intermission, microsleep, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye, siesta, snooze, spot |
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catch forty winks, catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, get some shut-eye, grab some z's, nod, nod off, rack, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta, take a snooze |
| Main Entry: | doze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, drowse, forty winks, nap, shut-eye, siesta, slumber, snooze |
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | texture |
| Synonyms: | essence, fabric, feel, hand, nap, nature, pile, spirit, substance |
| Main Entry: | fuzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fluff |
| Synonyms: | down, dust ball, dust bunnies, fiber, floss, fur, hair, lanugo, lint, nap, pile |
| Antonyms: | smoothness |
| Main Entry: | grain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | texture of fabric |
| Synonyms: | character, current, direction, fiber, make-up, nap, pattern, staple, striation, surface, tendency, tissue, tooth, warp and woof, weave, weft |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be upright, stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall asleep |
| Synonyms: | be sleepy, become inattentive, doze, drift, drift off, droop, drowse, nap, sleep, slump |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
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