NAPPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does napped mean? 

• NAPPED (adjective)
  The adjective NAPPED has 1 sense:

1. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

  Familiarity information: NAPPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAPPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

Synonyms:

brushed; fleecy; napped

Context example:

napped fabrics

Similar:

soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

 Context examples 

It’s Black Baruk’s business that did it, when we thought he’d napped it once too often.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I found him asleep twice when I awoke; but I did not fear to go to sleep again, although the boughs or bats or something napped almost angrily against the window-panes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Regular daytime nappers who slept for more than 90 minutes were 25% more likely to later have a stroke than people who napped for under half an hour.

(Regular extended sleep increases risk of stroke, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Children who napped three or more times per week benefit from a 7.6% increase in academic performance in Grade 6.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He’s napped it this time!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)