1lap1 (læp
)
Definitions
noun
- one circuit of a racecourse or track
- a stage or part of a journey, race, etc
- an overlapping part or projection
- the extent of overlap
- the length of material needed to go around an object
- a rotating disc coated with fine abrasive for polishing gemstones
- any device for holding a fine abrasive to polish materials
- metallurgy a defect in rolled metals caused by the folding of a fin onto the surface
- a sheet or band of fibres, such as cotton, prepared for further processing
verb
Word forms: laps, lapping, lapped
- (tr) to wrap or fold (around or over) ⇒
he lapped a bandage around his wrist
- (tr) to enclose or envelop in ⇒
he lapped his wrist in a bandage
- to place or lie partly or completely over or project beyond
- (tr; usually passive) to envelop or surround with comfort, love, etc ⇒
lapped in luxury
- (intr) to be folded
- (tr) to overtake (an opponent) in a race so as to be one or more circuits ahead
- (tr) to polish or cut (a workpiece, gemstone, etc) with a fine abrasive, esp to hone (mating metal parts) against each other with an abrasive
- to form (fibres) into a sheet or band
Alternative Forms
ˈlapper nounWord Origin
C13 (in the sense: to wrap): probably from lapC13 (in the sense: to wrap): probably from 12lap2 (læp)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: laps, lapping, lapped
- (of small waves) to wash against (a shore, boat, etc), usually with light splashing sounds
- (often foll by up) (esp of animals) to scoop (a liquid) into the mouth with the tongue
noun
- the act or sound of lapping
- a thin food for dogs or other animals
See also
lap upAlternative Forms
ˈlapper nounWord Origin
Old English lapian; related to Old High German laffan, Latin lambere, Greek laptein3lap3 (læp)
Definitions
noun
- the area formed by the upper surface of the thighs of a seated person
- Also called
lapful the amount held in one's lap - a protected place or environment ⇒
in the lap of luxury
- any of various hollow or depressed areas, such as a hollow in the land
- the part of one's clothing that covers the lap
- See drop in someone's lap
- See in the lap of the gods
Word Origin
Old English læppa flap; see lobe, lappet, lop²Translations
- British English:
lap
Your lap is the flat area formed by your thighs when you are sitting down.She waited quietly with her hands in her lap.læp NOUN She waited quietly with her hands in her lap.
- Spanish:
regazo
nm
- French:
tour
nm
- German:
Schoß
nm Schöße
- Chinese: 大腿的上方 n
- Arabic: حُضْنٌ n
- Portuguese: colo nm
- Russian: колени npl
- Croatian: krilo nnt
- Czech: klín nm
- Danish: skød nnt
- Dutch: schoot nm
- Finnish: syli n
- Greek: γόνατα npl
- Italian: grembo nm
- Japanese: ひざ n
- Korean: 무릎 n
- Norwegian: fang nnt
- Polish: łono nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: colo nm
- European Spanish:
regazo
nm
- Swedish: knä nnt
- Thai: ตัก n
- Turkish: kucak n
- Vietnamese: lòng n
Usage examples
A pragmatist, she didn't waste time reproaching her former employee for scooping the story out of her lap.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)The race committee apparently finished the fleet a lap early.
Yachting Boating World (2004)Ralf Schumacher started from the pole and led the race until his first pit stop on the 20th lap.
Globe and Mail (2003)Then, when the tape's been sent, it's in the lap of the gods.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Instead it fell into the lap of his American rival Lee de Forest.
, SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)