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Definition of 'lap'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lap
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.

2.  lap
the part of the clothing that covers this part of the body.

3.  lap
a place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture:
the lap of luxury.

4.  lap
an area of responsibility, care, charge, or control:
They dropped the problem right in my lap.

5.  lap
a hollow place, as a hollow among hills.

6.  lap
a part of a garment that extends over another:
the lap of a coat.

7.  lap
a loose border or fold.

8. (v.t.) lap
to fold over or around something; wrap or wind.

9.  lap
to enwrap in something; wrap up; clothe.

10.  lap
to envelop or enfold:
lapped in luxury.

11.  lap
to lay (something) partly over something underneath.

12.  lap
to lie partly over (something underneath); overlap.

13.  lap
to get a lap or more ahead of (a competitor) in racing.

14.  lap
to cut or polish with a lap.

15.  lap
to join, as by scarfing, to form a single, uniform piece.

16. (v.i.) lap
to fold or wind around something.

17.  lap
to lie partly over or alongside of something else.

18.  lap
to lie upon and extend beyond a thing; overlap.

19.  lap
to extend beyond a limit.

20. (n.) lap
the act of lapping.

21.  lap
the amount of material required to go around a thing once.

22.  lap
a complete circuit of a course, as in racing.

23.  lap
one stage of a long trip, undertaking, etc.

24.  lap
an overlapping part.

25.  lap
the extent or amount of overlapping.

26.  lap
a rotating wheel or disk holding an abrasive or polishing powder 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"

Definition of 'lap'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

12. (noun) lap
to wrap or wind around something

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

17. (noun) lap
the sound of lapping

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.

Translation of 'lap'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to drink by licking with the tongue The cat lapped milk from a saucer.
Afrikaans: oplek	Arabic: يَلْعَق	Bulgarian: лоча
Brazilian: lamber	Czech: chlemtat	German: auflecken
Danish: labbe i sig	Greek: πίνω πλαταγίζοντας τη γλώ	Spanish: lamer
Estonian: lakkuma	Farsi: لیس زدن	Finnish: lipittää
French: laper	Hebrew: לִשתוֹת בִלקִיקָה	Hindi: चपड़-पचड़ पीना, गटागट पी
Croatian: lizati, laptati	Hungarian: lefetyel	Indonesian: menjilati
Icelandic: lepja	Italian: leccare	Japanese: なめる
Korean: 할짝할짝 핥다	Lithuanian: lakti	Latvian: lakt
Malay: menjilat	Dutch: oplikken	Norwegian: lepje; slurpe
Polish: chłeptać	Persian: ،ليسيدن لیس زدن	Pashto: څټل،څكل
Portuguese: lamber	Romanian: a lipăi	Russian: лакать
Slovak: chlípať	Slovenian: lokati	Serbian: olizati
Swedish: lapa	Thai: เลีย	Turkish: (diliyle) (yalayıp) içmek
Taiwanese: 舔食	Ukrainian: хлебтати	Urdu: سڑپنا
Vietnamese: liếm, tớp	Chinese: 舐
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