take a siesta
1Siesta — This article is about the short nap. For other uses, see Siesta (disambiguation). A painting of a young woman taking a siesta. (The hammock, Gustave Courbet (1844).) A siesta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsjesta]) is a short nap taken in the… …
2siesta — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, short ▪ afternoon, midday VERB + SIESTA ▪ have, take ▪ …
3siesta — si|es|ta [siˈestə] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Spanish; Origin: Latin sexta (hora) sixth hour, noon ] a short sleep in the afternoon, especially in warm countries take/have a siesta ▪ The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta …
4siesta — noun (C) a short sleep in the afternoon, especially in warm countries: take/have a siesta: The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta …
5take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist …
6siesta — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nap, snooze, doze, rest. See repose. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nap, doze, rest; see sleep . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. rest, *catnap, snooze. see nap IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A brief… …
7rest — I n 1. sleep, repose, slumber. Inf. beauty sleep; nap, catnap, nod, snooze, doze, siesta, Inf. forty winks; coma, Pathol. sopor, trance, stupor; lethargy, sluggishness, torpor, torpescence; dormancy, hibernation, estivation. 2. pause, halt, stand …
8sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… …
9snooze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nap, doze, sleep, forty winks. See inactivity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, drowse, nap; see rest 1 , sleep . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. doze, nap, drowse, *catch some Zs, take a siesta.… …
10nap — [n1] short, light sleep break, catnap, doze, few z’s*, forty winks*, interlude, intermission, microsleep*, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye*, siesta, snooze*, spot; concept 315 nap [n2] grain of material down, feel, fiber, grit, outside, pile,… …
