26. lap a rotating wheel or disk holding an abrasive or polishingpowder on its surface, used for gems, cutlery, etc.
27. (v.t.)lap (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound.
28. lap to take in (liquid) with the tongue; lick in.
29. (v.i.)lap to wash or move in small waves with a light, slapping or splashing sound: The water lapped gently against the mooring.
30. lap to take up liquid with the tongue; lick up a liquid.
31. lap lap up,
32. lap to take up (liquid) with the tongue, esp. eagerly.
33. lap to receive enthusiastically: to lap up applause.
34. lap to be persuaded about gullibly.
35. (n.)lap the act of lapping liquid.
36. lap the lapping of water against something.
37. lap the sound of this: the quiet lap of the sea on the rocks.
38. lap something lapped up, as liquid food for dogs.
39. (Archaic.)lap pt. of
Definition of 'Lap'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)lap the upper side of the thighs of a seated person "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
2. (noun)lap an area of control or responsibility "the job fell right in my lap"
3. (noun)lap, lap covering the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs "his lap was covered with food stains"
4. (noun)lap, overlap a flap that lies over another part "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
5. (noun)lap, circle, circuit movement once around a course "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
6. (verb)lick, lap touching with the tongue "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
7. (verb)lap lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
8. (verb)lick, lap pass the tongue over "the dog licked her hand"
9. (verb)lap, swish, swosh, swoosh move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
10. (verb)lap, lap up, lick take up with the tongue "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
11. (verb)lave, lap, wash wash or flow against "the waves laved the shore"
1. (noun)lap the part of your legs you can rest sth on when you sit; = knee Come sit on my lap, sweetheart.
2. lap one time around a racetrack the final lap; a lap of honor
3. (verb)lap (of an animal) to lick liquid with its tongue a cat lapping its milk
4. lap (of water) to gently and repeatedly touch waves lapping the seashore; water lapping against the boat
5. lap to move a lap ahead of sb in a race The race leader is now lapping the other runners.
Definition of 'Lap'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Lap the loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron
2. (noun)Lap an edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth
3. (noun)Lap the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury
4. (noun)Lap that part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing
5. (noun)Lap the amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)
6. (noun)Lap the state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader
7. (noun)Lap one circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2
8. (noun)Lap in card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game
9. (noun)Lap a sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine
10. (noun)Lap a piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis
11. (noun)Lap to fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth
13. (noun)Lap to infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish
14. (noun)Lap to lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one
15. (noun)Lap to lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working
16. (noun)Lap the act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap
18. (verb)Lap to rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap
19. (verb)Lap to cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10
20. (verb)Lap to be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap
21. (verb)Lap to take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something
22. (verb)Lap to make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue
23. (verb)Lap to take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue
Definition of 'Lap'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Lap In naval mine warfare, that section or strip of an area assigned to a single sweeper or formation of sweepers for a run through the area.