Lap meanings. All definitions of Lap

noun lap The flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person. 1

noun lap thighs when sitting 1

noun lap once round a racetrack 1

noun lap once round a running track 1

transitive verb lap lick up with tongue 1

intransitive verb lap drink by licking 1

transitive verb lap lick up with tongue 1

intransitive verb lap sea, waves: wash against 1

transitive verb lap race: be one lap ahead of 1

noun lap abrasive 1

noun lap length of material 1

noun lap thin dog food 1

intransitive verb lap wrap 1

transitive verb lap polish gems 1

noun Definition of lap in Technology LISP Assembly Program. The assembly language embedded into early Lisp. LAP was also used by the Liar compiler for MIT Scheme and MACLISP. 1

transitive verb lap polish gems 1

noun lap the act of lapping liquid. 1

noun lap the lapping of water against something. 1

noun lap the sound of this: the quiet lap of the sea on the rocks. 1

noun lap something lapped up, as liquid food for dogs. 1

verb with object lap (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline. 1

verb with object lap to take in (liquid) with the tongue; lick in: to lap water from a bowl. 1

verb without object lap to wash or move in small waves with a light, slapping or splashing sound: The water lapped gently against the mooring. 1

verb without object lap to take up liquid with the tongue; lick up a liquid. 1

verb lap simple past tense of leap. 1

noun lap The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. 0

noun lap An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. 0

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. 0

noun lap The upper legs of a seated person. 0

noun lap (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda. 0

noun lap (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component. 0

noun lap The act or process of lapping. 0

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. 0

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). 0

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. 0

noun lap (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, to swim two laps. 0

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. 0

noun lap A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine. 0

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. 0

verb lap To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. 0

verb lap To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. 0

verb lap (Transitive Verb) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something. 0

verb lap (Transitive Verb) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up. 0

verb lap (Transitive Verb) to envelop, enfold. 0

verb lap (Intransitive Verb) to wind around. 0

verb lap (Transitive Verb) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another. 0

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