lap

1. to fold over or around something; wrap or wind around something:

   to lap a bandage around one's finger.

2. to enwrap in something; wrap up; clothe.
3. to envelop or enfold:

   lapped in luxury.

4. to lay (something) partly over something underneath; lay (things) together, one partly over another; overlap.
5. to lie partly over (something underneath).
6. to get a lap or more ahead of (a competitor) in racing, as on an oval track.
7. to cut or polish with a lap.
8. to join, as by scarfing, to form a single piece with the same dimensions throughout.
9. to change (cotton, wool, etc.) into a compressed layer or sheet.

1. to fold or wind around something.
2. to lie partly over or alongside of something else.
3. to lie upon and extend beyond a thing; overlap.
4. to extend beyond a limit.

1. the act of lapping.
2. the amount of material required to go around a thing once.
3. a complete circuit of a course in racing or in walking for exercise:

   to run a lap.

4. an overlapping part.
5. the extent or amount of overlapping.
6. a rotating wheel or disk holding an abrasive or polishing powder on its surface, used for gems, cutlery, etc.
7. a compressed layer or sheet of cotton, wool, or other fibrous material usually wound on an iron rod or rolled into a cylindrical form for further processing during carding.

1. (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound:

   Waves lapped the shoreline.

2. to take in (liquid) with the tongue; lick in:

   to lap water from a bowl.

1. to wash or move in small waves with a light, slapping or splashing sound:

   The water lapped gently against the mooring.

2. to take up liquid with the tongue; lick up a liquid.

1. the act of lapping liquid.
2. the lapping of water against something.
3. the sound of this:

   the quiet lap of the sea on the rocks.

4. something lapped up, as liquid food for dogs.

verb phrase

1. 1. Informal. to receive enthusiastically:

      The audience lapped up his monologue.

   2. to take in (all of a liquid) with the tongue; drink up:

      The cat lapped up her milk and looked for more.

1. archaic simple past tense of leap.