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verb (used with object)
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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto change (cotton, wool, etc.) into a compressed layer or sheet.
verb (used without object)
10.
to fold or wind around something.
11.
to lie partly over or alongside of something else.
12.
to lie upon and extend beyond a thing; overlap.
13.
to extend beyond a limit.
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Lapping
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noun
14.
the act of lapping.
15.
the amount of material required to go around a thing once.
16.
a complete circuit of a course in racing or in walking for exercise: to run a lap.
17.
an overlapping part.
18.
EXPANDthe extent or amount of overlapping.
19.
a rotating wheel or disk holding an abrasive or polishing powder on its surface, used for gems, cutlery, etc.
20.
COLLAPSEa 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.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English lappen to fold, wrap; cognate with Dutch lappen to patch, mend; akin to lap1
1250–1300; Middle English lappen to fold, wrap; cognate with Dutch lappen to patch, mend; akin to lap1
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verb (used with object)
1.
2.
to take in (liquid) with the tongue; lick in: to lap water from a bowl.
verb (used without object)
3.
to wash or move in small waves with a light, slapping or splashing sound: The water lapped gently against the mooring.
4.
to take up liquid with the tongue; lick up a liquid.
noun
Verb phrase5.
the act of lapping liquid.
6.
the lapping of water against something.
7.
the sound of this: the quiet lap of the sea on the rocks.
8.
something lapped up, as liquid food for dogs.
9.
lap up,
a.
Informal. to receive enthusiastically: The audience lapped up his monologue.
b.
to take in (all of a liquid) with the tongue; drink up: The cat lapped up her milk and looked for more.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English lappen, unexplained variant of lapen, Old English lapian; cognate with Middle Low German lapen, Old High German laffan; akin to Latin lambere, Greek láptein to lick, lap
before 1000; Middle English lappen, unexplained variant of lapen, Old English lapian; cognate with Middle Low German lapen, Old High German laffan; akin to Latin lambere, Greek láptein to lick, lap
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Word Origin & History
lap
"to lay one part over another," early 13c., from lap (n.). 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. Related: Lapped; lapping; laps.
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Bible Dictionary
Lapping definition
of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which he throws into his mouth. The three hundred men that went with Gideon thus employed their hands and lapped the water out of their hands (Judg. 7:7).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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