Lap

Noun

 * 1) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
 * 2) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
 * 3) 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) The upper legs of a seated person.
 * The boy was sitting on his mother's lap 
 * , The female pudenda.
 * 1)  component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.

Derived terms

 * lapdance, lap-dance, lap dance
 * lapdog
 * lapmark
 * laptop, lap-top, lap top

Verb

 * 1)  to fold, wrap
 * 2)  to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
 * to lap a bandage around a finger
 * 1)  to envelop, enfold
 * lapped in luxury
 * 1)  to wind around
 * 2)  To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another.
 * One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
 * 1)  To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
 * 2)  To lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
 * 3)  To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them.

Derived terms

 * lapper

Noun

 * 1) the act or process of lapping
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) 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).
 * 4) 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.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; &mdash; so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
 * 7) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
 * 8) 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.

Derived terms

 * lap of honor/lap of honour

Verb

 * 1)  To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.

Derived terms

 * lapper

Adjectives for Lap
flowery; mossy; verdant; commodious; soft; inviting.

Adverbs for Lap
greedily; thirstily; affectionately; hungrily; fawningly; cringingly; ingratiatingly.

Thesaurus
Le Mans, adjoin, air race, ambit, anteriority, apparel, applique, arch over, array, attire, automobile race, babble, be the bellwether, beacon, beat, bedeck, bedrape, befringe, bestraddle, bestride, beverage, bib, bicycle race, bind, boat race, bold front, border, bound, box, brave face, brave front, breath, bridge, brush, bubble, bumper, bundle, bundle up, burble, caress, case, catch up with, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumvent, close, close the circle, clothe, coat, coating, collop, come full circle, come up to, come up with, compass, compass about, contact, contest of speed, covering, cuddle, cut, cutaneous sense, cycle, dash, deal, deck, derby, describe a circle, dight, disk, display, dog race, draft, drag race, drain the cup, dram, drape, drench, dress, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink off, drink up, dud, edge, embay, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclasp, enclose, enclothe, encompass, endue, endurance race, enfold, enframe, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, environ, enwrap, extend over, facade, face, facet, facia, feel, feeling, feuille, film, fingertip caress, flank, flap, flick, fly, foil, fold, follow strong drink, footrace, fore, forefront, foreground, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, frame, fringe, front, front elevation, front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, full circle, gain on, gain upon, garb, gargle, garment, get ahead of, get before, girdle, girdle the globe, glance, go about, go around, go before, go round, go the round, graze, grog, guggle, guide, gulp, gurgle, guzzle, gyre, habilitate, hand-mindedness, hang over, have the start, head, head the line, heading, heat, hem, hurdle race, imbibe, imbricate, imbrication, invest, involve, jut, kiss, knock back, lambency, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap over, lap up, lapping, lave, lead, lead the dance, lead the way, leaf, leave behind, leave standing, libation, lick, lie over, light the way, light touch, line, lip, list, loop, make a circuit, marathon, marathon race, march, marge, margin, marginate, match race, membrane, motorcycle race, mouth, muffle up, nestle, nip, nuzzle, obstacle race, obverse, orbit, outpace, outrun, outsail, outstrip, overarch, overhang, overhaul, overlap, overlapping, overlay, overlayer, overlie, override, overtake, pace, pack, package, pane, panel, pass, patina, peel, peg, pellicle, plait, plank, plash, plate, plating, ply, plywood, portion, potation, potato race, precede, preface, prefix, priority, proscenium, pull, purfle, purl, quaff, race, rag out, raiment, rasher, regatta, relay, relay race, revolution, revolve, ride, rim, ripple, road race, robe, round, round trip, rounds, rub, run, sack race, safety glass, scum, sense of touch, set off, set the pace, sheathe, sheet, shingle, shroud, side, sip, skin, skirt, slab, slat, slice, slosh, slurp, smother, snort, snuggle, soak, soak up, span, spearhead, speedway race, spiral, splash, sponge up, sprint, sprint race, stand first, stock-car race, stroke, suck, sup, surround, swaddle, swash, swathe, swig, swill, swish, table, tablet, tactile sense, taction, take the lead, tap, tentative poke, three-legged race, tipple, tire, tongue, tope, torch race, toss down, toss off, tot, touch, tour, track race, trill, trim, turn, veneer, verge, wafer, walk, wash, washing, wheel, whisper, window dressing, wrap, wrap about, wrap up, yacht race

Etymology 1
Old English læppa (skirt or flap of a garment), from, confer Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen, Old Norse leppr:.

Etymology 2
From lappen "to fold, wrap" from earlier Middle English wlappen "to fold, wrap" from  *wlappan, wlæppan, wlappian "to wrap" from  from. Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen:, dial. vravle "to wind", goluppare "to wrap, fold up" (from ). More at envelop, develop

The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Etymology 3
From Old English lapian, from Proto Germanic *undefined:, akin to Old High German laffen (to lick), Old Norse lepja:, Danish labe:, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel'' (spoon). Cognate with Latin lambo:. French lamper: is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe:, dialect German läffeln:.

Noun

 * French: côté


 * Armenian: փեշ


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: скут
 * Dutch: schoot
 * Finnish: syli
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חיק
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: grembo
 * Kurdish:


 * Norwegian: fang
 * Old Norse:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, uchd
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kucak


 * : Schoß (4,5)
 * : 무릎 (mureup) (4)
 * : regazo

Noun

 * Norwegian: runde
 * Polish: okrążenie
 * Portuguese:


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: varv


 * : Überstand (1), Überhang  (1), Runde  (4)

Noun

 * Swedish: överlappa


 * Swedish:


 * : überlappen (3)

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French: laper
 * German: schlecken
 * Polish: chłeptać, chlipać


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: лакать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * alp, ALP
 * APL
 * LPA
 * pal, PAL
 * PLA

Noun

 * 1) a rag, a piece of cloth
 * 2) a slice of meat
 * 3) a Laplander

Anagrams

 * pal

Noun

 * 1) sheet (paper)
 * 2) page (book)
 * ezen a lapon - on this page
 * 1) newspaper
 * a mai lap - today’s paper
 * 1) card (game, post card)
 * 2) face of a polyhedron

Derived terms

 * lapos
 * Compound words


 * alaplap
 * bulvárlap
 * étlap
 * honlap


 * járdalap
 * karácsonyi lap
 * képeslap
 * napilap


 * óralap
 * pletykalap
 * sárga lap


 * téglalap
 * üdvözlőlap
 * űrlap