to take forty winks
1take forty winks — If you take 40 winks, you have a short sleep …
2Forty winks — is an English idiomatic noun that can be used in the singular or plural and means: to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed),cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forty%20winks| title = WordNet Search 3.0| …
3catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS …
4catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS …
5rest — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, abide, abide in, advocate, afterglow, afterimage, allay, alpenstock, annihilation, appease, arm, arrive, ataraxia, ataraxy, athletic supporter, awful silence, axis, back, backbone, backing, balance, bandeau,… …
6wink — I n. 1) to give smb. a wink 2) a suggestive wink 3) (misc.) I didn t get a wink of sleep last night; to take forty winks ( to take a brief nap ) II v. (D; intr.) to wink at (also fig.: the police winked at illegal gambling) * * * [wɪŋk] to take… …
7sleep — 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… …
8snooze — 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.… …
9doze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. i. snooze, nap, drowse. See repose. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. nap, drowse, slumber; see sleep . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. nap, sleep, snooze, *nod off, slumber, drowse, *catch forty winks,… …
10nap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. doze, sleep; pile, surface, texture. See repose. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A short sleep] Syn. siesta, cat nap, snooze, doze; see rest 1 , sleep . 2. [The finish of certain goods, especially fabric] Syn …
