nap / nape / nappe [næp]
nap – adj., n. & v. – adj. – expert, clever; n. – 1. a drinking cup; 2. a fuzzy surface on fabric – a rough layer of projecting fibers; 3. a short sleep or snooze; 4. a shin of beef; v. – 1. sleep lightly; 2. smooth the surface by shearing; 3. create a pile on fabric; 4. make (hair) frizzy; 5. seize, arrest, steal; 6. in cooking, coat or cover with a sauce
nape – n. – 1. Obsolete a tablecloth (from the French nappe); 2. a kind of turnip; esp. the French turnip, Brassica napus; 3. Obsolete rare – an ascending ridge of ground
Do Not Confuse With nape [neip] – the back of the neck
nappe – n. – 1. Geometry each part of a mathematically defined surface; 2. Hydraulics a sheet of flowing liquid; 3. Geology – a sheet of rock that has moved horizontally over another layer