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nap

noun as in short, light sleep

noun as in grain of material

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Having a bad night's sleep and then taking a nap may "perpetuate the problem", Dr Lazar says.

From BBC

Reel in some fish and chips at Neptune’s Net They’d take a nap while I drive up to Neptune’s Net.

Zou persuaded her it wouldn't be safe to take a taxi home in the state she was in, she told us, and asked her to take a nap in his bedroom.

From BBC

But the baby boy never woke up from the Sunday afternoon nap.

Speaking to the BBC World Service's Newsday programme, the man, who wished to stay anonymous for security reasons, described waking from a nap to the building shaking violently.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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