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Meaning
Noun
●
The
loose
part of a
coat
; the lower part of a
garment
that
plays
loosely
; a
skirt
; an apron.
●
An
edge
; a
border
; a
hem
,
as of
cloth.
●
The part of the
clothing
that
lies
on the
knees
or
thighs
when one
sits down
; that part of the person thus covered.
●
A place of
rearing
and fostering.
●
The
upper
legs
of a
seated
person.
●
The
female
pudenda.
●
In Engineering:
A
component
that
overlaps
or
covers
any
portion
of itself or of an
adjacent
component
.
●
The
act
or process of lapping.
●
That part of any
substance
or
fixture
which
extends
over, or
lies
upon, or by the
side
of, a part of another.
●
The state or
condition
of being
in part
extended
over or by the
side
of
something else
; or the
extent
of the overlapping.
●
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).
●
In Sports:
One
circuit
around a
race
track.
●
In Swimming:
The
traversal
of one
length
of the
pool
, or (less
commonly
) one
length
and back again.
●
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.
●
A
sheet
,
layer
, or
bat
, of
cotton
fiber
prepared
for the
carding
machine.
●
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
or in
toolmaking
. It is usually in the form of a
wheel
or
disk
that
revolves
on a
vertical
axis.
●
The
taking
of
liquid
into the
mouth
with the tongue.
●
Liquor;
alcoholic
drink.
●
In Medicine:
Clipping of laparoscopy.
●
In Medicine:
Clipping of laparotomy.
Verb
●
To
enfold
; to
hold
as in
one's
lap
; to cherish.
●
To
rest
or
recline
in
someone's
lap
, or
as in
a
lap
.
●
To
fold
; to
bend
and
lay over
or on something.
●
to
wrap
around,
enwrap
,
wrap
up
●
to
envelop
, enfold
●
to
wind
around
●
To place or
lay
(one
thing
)
so as to
overlap
another.
●
To
polish
(a
surface
, especially
metal
or
gemstone
) with very
fine
abrasive
to
achieve
smoothness
and small
dimensional
changes.
●
To be
turned
or
folded
; to
lie
partly
on or over something; to overlap.
●
In Motor racing & Sports:
To
overtake
a
straggler
in a
race
by
completing
one more whole
lap
than the
straggler
.
●
To
cut
or
polish
with a
lap
, as
glass
,
gems
,
cutlery
, etc.
●
To take (liquid) into the
mouth
with the
tongue
; to
lick up
with a
quick
motion
of the
tongue
.
●
To
wash
against a
surface
with a
splashing
sound
; to swash.
Adj
●
In Medicine:
Clipping of laparoscopic.
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Origin
lap
English
lappen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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