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nape

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nape  (np, np)
n.
The back of the neck.

[Middle English.]

nape1
n
the back of the neck Related adj nuchal
[of unknown origin]

nape2
vb
(Military) (tr) US military slang to attack with napalm
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.napenape - the back side of the neck            
cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"
back end, backside, rear - the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

nape noun
Related words
technical name nucha
adjective nuchal
Translations
nape [neɪp] N (also nape of the neck) → nuca f, cogote m

nape [ˈneɪp] n
nape of the neck → nuque f

nape
n nape of the/one’s neckNacken m, → Genick nt

nape [neɪp] n nape of the necknuca
nape [neɪp] n nape of the necknuca

nape
n nape [neip]
the back of the neck His hair curled over the nape of his neck. agternek قَفا العُنْق тил týl nakke das Genick σβέρκος nuca, cogote kukal پشت گردن niska nuque עוֹרֵף गर्दन के पीछे का भाग šija tarkó belakang leher hnakkagróf nuca えり首 목덜미 sprandas skausts tengkuk nek nakkegrop kark nuca ceafă затылок; загривок tylo tilnik potiljak nacke ต้นคอ ense 後頸 потилиця گُدي gáy


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Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged.
He brushed the hair upward from the nape of her neck.
Domitian dreamed, the night before he was slain, that a golden head was growing, out of the nape of his neck: and indeed, the succession that followed him for many years, made golden times.
 
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