From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).
Meanings
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.
(figuratively) A place of rearing and fostering.
The upper legs of a seated person.
The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.
(archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.
A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
gl colo (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · id pangkuan (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · fr giron (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · pt regaço (upper legs of a seated person) · es delantal (engineering, A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component) · ru подо́л (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · ca falda (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · oc fauda (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · pt regaço (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · cs klín (upper legs of a seated person) · la gremium (upper legs of a seated person) · bg поли (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · ca doblec (edge; border; hem) · hu öl (upper legs of a seated person) · gd uchd (upper legs of a seated person) · lv ope (upper legs of a seated person) · fr côté (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · sq pal (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · pl łono (na łonie Abrahama) (upper legs of a seated person) · pt regaço (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ca falda (upper legs of a seated person) · is skaut (upper legs of a seated person) · fr genoux (upper legs of a seated person) · it grembo (upper legs of a seated person) · lv opa (upper legs of a seated person) · syl ꠃꠞ (upper legs of a seated person) · as কোলা (upper legs of a seated person) · fo fang (upper legs of a seated person) · it grembo (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · sq prehën (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · sk lono (upper legs of a seated person) · sv knä (upper legs of a seated person) · oc falda (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · fi helma (edge; border; hem) · he חיק (upper legs of a seated person) · gd glùn (upper legs of a seated person) · sq prehër (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · mr मांडी (upper legs of a seated person) · bcl kulkulan (upper legs of a seated person) · sh krílo (upper legs of a seated person) · nl schoot (upper legs of a seated person) · la gremium (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · pt colo (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · bg скут (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · es volado (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · ja ひざ (upper legs of a seated person) · es regazo (upper legs of a seated person) · bg скут (upper legs of a seated person) · zza vırar (upper legs of a seated person) · th ตัก (upper legs of a seated person) · lv klēpis (upper legs of a seated person) · wa schô (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · fo knæ (upper legs of a seated person) · fr giron (upper legs of a seated person) · hu öl (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · es dobladillo (edge; border; hem) · fi syli (archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda) · sk lem (edge; border; hem) · id pangkuan (upper legs of a seated person) · is kjalta (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · sh krilo (archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda) · grc κόλπος (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · th ตัก (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · bej aroor (upper legs of a seated person) · nl zoom (edge; border; hem) · es falda (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ar حَجَر (upper legs of a seated person) · bcl paa (upper legs of a seated person) · ru край (edge; border; hem) · sh кри́ло (upper legs of a seated person) · pl podołek (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · eo sino (upper legs of a seated person) · izh helma (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · de Schoß (upper legs of a seated person) · es cubierta (engineering, A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component) · pt borda (edge; border; hem) · gl regazo (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ast cuellu (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · pt colo (upper legs of a seated person) · fi syli (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ko 무릎 (upper legs of a seated person) · fo skeyt (upper legs of a seated person) · fi helma (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · pl łono (archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda) · ru пола́ (lower part of a garment that plays loosely) · ckb کۆش (upper legs of a seated person) · hy փեշ (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · hu szegély (edge; border; hem) · tl kandungan (upper legs of a seated person) · sq prehër (upper legs of a seated person) · hy գոգ (upper legs of a seated person) · hu öl (archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda) · da skød (upper legs of a seated person) · no fang (upper legs of a seated person) · non kjalta (upper legs of a seated person) · gl colo (upper legs of a seated person) · pdt Schoot (upper legs of a seated person) · fi syli (upper legs of a seated person) · cmn 膝部 (upper legs of a seated person) · es regazo (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · kea ragás (upper legs of a seated person) · gu ખોળો (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ga ucht (upper legs of a seated person) · sv knä (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · es falda (upper legs of a seated person) · ms riba (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down) · ru коле́ни (upper legs of a seated person) · de Schoss (upper legs of a seated person) · tr kucak (upper legs of a seated person)
From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).
Meanings
(transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Her garment spreads, and laps him in the fold. 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
(transitive) To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
to lap his head on lady's breast a. 1839, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Gog:
From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap, fold up”) (from Germanic). Doublet of wrap. Also related to 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.
Meanings
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 lap of a board
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
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).
One circuit around a race track.
to run twenty laps
to drive the fastest lap in qualifying
to win by three laps
Alonso's second place moves him into a tie on points at the head of the championship with Sebastian Vettel, who was sixth in his Red Bull, passing Button, then Hamilton and finally Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg in quick succession in the closing laps. 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
to swim two laps
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.
bg припокриване (state of being in part extended over something else) · fi ylite (state of being in part extended over something else) · fi kierros (sports: one circuit around a race track) · sq pal (part which extends over another part) · fi laappi (sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine) · ru круг (sports: one circuit around a race track) · de Bahn (swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool) · ca volta (sports: one circuit around a race track) · sq pal (sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine) · bg намотка (sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine) · pt volta (sports: one circuit around a race track) · mi rauna (sports: one circuit around a race track) · fi ylite (part which extends over another part) · nl ronde (sports: one circuit around a race track) · nn runde (sports: one circuit around a race track) · cs kolo (sports: one circuit around a race track) · fr tour de circuit (sports: one circuit around a race track) · fr tour (sports: one circuit around a race track) · sh krȗg (sports: one circuit around a race track) · de Bahnlänge (swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool) · es vuelta (sports: one circuit around a race track) · nb runde (sports: one circuit around a race track) · cmn 圈 (sports: one circuit around a race track) · yue 塘 (swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool) · sh кру̑г (sports: one circuit around a race track) · sv varv (sports: one circuit around a race track) · tr tur (sports: one circuit around a race track) · it giro di pista (sports: one circuit around a race track) · pl okrążenie (sports: one circuit around a race track) · hu kör (sports: one circuit around a race track) · bg обиколка (sports: one circuit around a race track) · de Platzrunde (sports: one circuit around a race track) · de Runde (sports: one circuit around a race track)
From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap, fold up”) (from Germanic). Doublet of wrap. Also related to 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.
Meanings
(transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
to lap a piece of cloth
(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
to lap a bandage around a finger
About the paper […] I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) to envelop, enfold
lapped in luxury
(intransitive) to wind around
(transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
(transitive) To polish (a surface, especially metal or gemstone) with very fine abrasive to achieve smoothness and small dimensional changes.
(intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
The upper wings are opacous[…]; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly. 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
The boats lap; the edges lap.
The cloth laps back.
(transitive) 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.
hu eltakar ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · hu leköröz (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · de läppen ((transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth) · hu fed ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · de überlappen ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · hu bepólyáz (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu elleplez ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · it doppiare (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · es sacar vueltas a (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu lefed ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · sv varva (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu beteker (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu fedez ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · hu lecsiszol ((transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth) · de überrunden (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu csiszol ((transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth) · bg припокривам се ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · es doblar (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · sq palos ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · hu letakar ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · bg припокривам ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · hu takar ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · es sacar una vuelta a (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · fr prendre un tour (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · sv överlappa ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap) · hu elfed ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · fi ohittaa kierroksella (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu körülteker (sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race) · hu políroz ((transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth) · hu fedez ((transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another) · nl overlappen ((intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap)
From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-West Germanic *lapōn, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
With each lap of its tongue a cat gathers up milk and throws it well back into the gateway of its throat […] 1955, Ann Haven Morgan, Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology, page 176:
From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-West Germanic *lapōn, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily […]as they run along the shore. 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
Don’t lap your soup like that! You look like a dog.
(intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag. 1870, Alfred Tennyson, “The Passing of Arthur”, in The Holy Grail and Other Poems, London: Strahan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 144:
nrf lapper (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · et lakkuma (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · de schlecken (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · cmn 啜 (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · nrf cliapoter (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · fi liplattaa (to wash against a surface with a splashing sound) · bg лоча (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · nn lepja (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · izh litkiä (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · sq lëpij (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · fr laper (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · pl chlipać (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · es lengüetear (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · lv lakt (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · nb lepje (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · ar وَلَغَ (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · fi lipittää (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · hu lefetyel (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · ru лака́ть (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · gl lapar (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · mi miti (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · fi latkia (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · wa lapter (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · wa rilaper (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · gd imlich (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · wa laper (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · grc λάπτω (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · pl chłeptać (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · bg плискам (to wash against a surface with a splashing sound) · ro îmbuca (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · es langüetear (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · ota یالامق (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · ru плеска́ться (to wash against a surface with a splashing sound) · sv lapa (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · nn lepje (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · fi lipoa (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · hu nyaldos (to wash against a surface with a splashing sound) · ny kukhápwira (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) · es lambiscar (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue)