lap

lap
1 noun
1 LEGS (C) the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down: Come and sit on my lap, Ginny.
2 RACE (C) one journey around or along a running track, race course etc: Hill finished a lap ahead of his team-mate. | do/run/swim a lap: Come on, let's do a few laps in the pool. | lap of honour BrE | victory lap AmE (=a lap that you do after winning)
3 PART OF JOURNEY (singular) a part of a long journey: The last lap of their journey was by ship.
4 in the lap of luxury having an easy, comfortable life with plenty of money, possessions etc
5 in the lap of the gods if the result of something is in the lap of the gods, you do not know what will happen
6 drop/dump sth in sb's lap spoken to make someone responsible for dealing with something difficult: Ben just dumped all this work in my lap and told me to get on with it.
2 verb
1 SEA/RIVER/LAKE (I, T) if water laps something or laps against something such as the shore or a boat, it moves against it or hits it in small waves
(+ against): The water of the lake lapped gently against the rocks.
2 DRINK (I, T) if an animal laps something, it drinks it by making small tongue movements
3 IN A RACE
a) (T) to pass a competitor in a race after having completed a whole lap more than they have: Casey gave up after being lapped twice.
b) (I) to make a single journey around a track, race course etc in a particular time
4 PARTLY COVER (I, T) technical if one thing laps another, a part of one covers part of the other; overlap 1
5 FOLD/WRAP (transitive always + adv/prep) literary to fold or wrap something around something else
- lapping noun (U) lap sth up phrasal verb (T)
1 to get a lot of pleasure and enjoyment from something, without worrying about whether it is good, true etc: She seems to be lapping up all the attention she's getting. | They sat listening to his story, spellbound, lapping it up.
2 to drink all of something eagerly

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Lap — (l[a^]p), n. [OE. lappe, AS. l[ae]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An edge; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lap — Ⅰ. lap [1] ► NOUN ▪ the flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person. ● fall (or drop) into someone s lap Cf. ↑fall into someone s lap ● in someone s lap Cf. ↑in someone s lap …   English terms dictionary

  • lap — lap1 [lap] n. [ME lappe < OE læppa, fold or hanging part of a garment, skin; akin to Ger lappen < IE base * leb , lāb , to hang down > L labare, to totter, labi, to fall, sink, lapsus, a fall] 1. Now Rare the loose lower part of a… …   English World dictionary

  • LAP — 1922 1987 Jean Laplaine, dit Lap, fut l’un des personnages les plus représentatifs de la continuité caricaturale propre au Canard enchaîné . Il naquit à Joigny en 1922. Après avoir participé activement à la Résistance, il collabora au quotidien… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lap — Lap, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see {Lap}, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To wrap or wind around something.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lap — Lap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapping}.] 1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. [1913 Webster] To lap his head on lady s breast. Praed. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lap — Lap, v. i. To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap. [1913 Webster] The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Lap — Lap, n. 1. The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap. [1913 Webster] 2. The sound of lapping. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lap — Lap, v. i. [OE. lappen, lapen, AS. lapian; akin to LG. lappen, OHG. laffan, Icel. lepja, Dan. lade, Sw. l[ a]ppja, L. lambere; cf. Gr. ?, W. llepio. Cf. {Lambent}.] 1. To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lap up — lap up, v. t. [See {lap}, v. i.] 1. To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up. [1913 Webster] 2. (fig.) To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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