lap

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

2. 2noun

   An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   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. 5noun

   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. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   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. 8noun

   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. 9noun

   A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

10. 10noun

    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. 11transitive verb

    To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

12. 12transitive verb

    To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

13. 13noun

    To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

14. 14noun

    To wrap or wind around something.

15. 15noun

    To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

16. 16noun

    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.

17. 17noun

    To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

18. 18intransitive verb

    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.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

20. 20intransitive verb

    To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

21. 21transitive verb

    To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

22. 22noun

    The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

23. 23noun

    The sound of lapping.

24. 24noun

    touching with the tongue

    "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

    Synonyms

    lick
25. 25noun

    movement once around a course

    "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

    Synonyms

    circlecircuit
26. 26noun

    a flap that lies over another part

    "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

    Synonyms

    overlap
27. 27noun

    the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs

    "his lap was covered with food stains"

28. 28noun

    the upper side of the thighs of a seated person

    "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"

29. 29noun

    an area of control or responsibility

    "the job fell right in my lap"

30. 30verb

    wash or flow against

    "the waves laved the shore"

    Synonyms

    lavewash
31. 31verb

    take up with the tongue

    "The cat lapped up the milk"

    "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

    Synonyms

    lick
32. 32verb

    pass the tongue over

    "the dog licked her hand"

    Synonyms

    lick
33. 33verb

    move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

    "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"

    "The curtain swooshed open"

    Synonyms

    swishswooshswosh
34. 34verb

    lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another