lap

B2
Pronunciation
/lĂŠp/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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

3 Definition

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered

4 Definition

A place of rearing and fostering

5 Definition

The upper legs of a seated person.

Example Sentences
  • The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.
6 Definition

The female pudenda.

7 Definition

A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

8 Definition

The act or process of lapping.

9 Definition

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.

Example Sentences
  • the lap of a board
10 Definition

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.

Example Sentences
  • The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
11 Definition

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 below).

12 Definition

One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool

Example Sentences
  • swim two laps
13 Definition

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.

14 Definition

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

15 Definition

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.

16 Definition

Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.

Verb
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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

3 Definition

To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

Example Sentences
  • to lap a piece of cloth
4 Definition

To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

Example Sentences
  • to lap a bandage around a finger
5 Definition

To envelop, enfold

Example Sentences
  • lapped in luxury
6 Definition

To wind around

7 Definition

To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

Example Sentences
  • One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
8 Definition

To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

9 Definition

To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

Example Sentences
  • The boats lap; the edges lap.
10 Definition

To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

11 Definition

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

12 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.
13 Definition

(of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope.