lap meaning
[ læp ] Pronunciation: "lap" in a sentence
Noun: lap lap
- The upper side of the thighs of a seated person
"he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap" - An area of control or responsibility
"the job fell right in my lap" - The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
"his lap was covered with food stains"
- lap covering - A flap that lies over another part
"the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
- overlap - Movement once around a course
"he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
- circle, circuit - Touching with the tongue
"the dog's laps were warm and wet"
- lick
- Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
- Pass the tongue over
- lick - Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
- swish, swosh, swoosh - Take up with the tongue
"The cat lapped up the milk"
- lap up, lick - Wash or flow against
- lave, wash
Sounds like: Lapp
Derived forms: lapped, lapping, laps
Type of: area, arena, cloth covering, domain, drink, field, flap, flow, go, imbibe, lie, locomotion, orbit, sound, sphere, stroke, thigh, touch, touching, travel
Part of: dack [Austral, NZ], dak [Austral, NZ], pant [N. Amer], skirt, trouser
Encyclopedia: Lap
[Architecture]
1.
To overlap or partly cover one surface with another, as in shingling.
2.The length of the overlap, as the distance one tile extends over another.
[Defence]
(*) 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.
[Electronics]
A device used for grinding piezoelectric crystals
for resonance at a desired frequency.
[Medicine]
abbr laparotomy
- cat-lap: noun A ...
- common lap: [Architecture]Shin ...
- dutch lap: [Architecture]A me ...
Examples
More: Next- her white wool gloves lay in her lap.
- he came over, put his head in my lap.
- my legs failed me and i wasn't able to run the last lap.
- he would hear the lap of canes and crutches.
- he was reared in the lap of luxury.
