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lap
  1. The act or process of lapping.
  2. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
  3. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
  4. 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).
  5. (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool
  6. 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.
  7. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
  8. 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, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “Draped in American flags, the two rivals made one last lap of the pool in Sydney.”
      “He drove the first lap of a race like it was the last first lap he would ever drive.”
      “Evan was seated on her lap using his fingers to eat.”
lap
  1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
  2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
  3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
  4. (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
  5. The upper legs of a seated person.
  6. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda. [17th century]
  7. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Draped in American flags, the two rivals made one last lap of the pool in Sydney.”
      “He drove the first lap of a race like it was the last first lap he would ever drive.”
      “Evan was seated on her lap using his fingers to eat.”
lapper
  1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
  2. (in combination) something (especially a race) that is a stated number of laps e.g. a 25-lapper
  3. (sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
  4. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine
  5. (sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.
lapwing
  1. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
  2. The tewit (Vanellus cristatus) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense).
  3. A silly man.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Several species of ground-nesting birds including lapwing, redshank and ringed plover have come under threat from hedgehogs.”
      “Once-common bird species like the skylark and lapwing are on the point of disappearing.”
      “The animals eat the eggs of wading birds including dunlin, lapwing, redshank and snipe.”
lappie
  1. (South Africa) loincloth
  2. (South Africa) dishtowel
  3. (South Africa) face cloth; flannel
lapping
  1. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
  2. (music) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The artist's sculpture was an impressive display of lapping, with one layer seamlessly flowing into the next.”
lappy
  1. (informal) A laptop computer.
  2. (Yorkshire) the lapwing.
  3. Examples:
    1. “So now I can control the lappy when it's playing tunes through my surround sound system.”
      “For now its just me and the lappy, waiting for the science to happen in those little tubes on my bench.”
      “I had the amusement of talking her through installing XP on her new IBM lappy last night.”
lapstone
  1. A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl and learn the trade of shoemaking.”
      “The convictions resulted from a Police Scotland covert operation, Operation Lapstone, led by the Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit.”
      “One giant block of rock on the floor of the dene, called the Devil's Lapstone, is a chunk of reef limestone which fell from the steep sides.”
lapboard
  1. A board held on the lap as a simple lap desk.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Jasper arose, put down his lapboard, shut his knife and with a serious air said to the old darkey.”
      “Only once had he set Cropsie and his lapboard literature aside, and followed his own impulse.”
      “In the blue chair, with his work on his lapboard, after a pleasant dinner of macaroni and sausage and salad, he dozed off.”
laprobe
  1. A blanket to cover the lap.
lapful
  1. As much as somebody's lap can hold.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He disappeared through the doorway, returning a short while later with a lapful of pizza, pop, and loose bills.”
      “On no account open the doors or wind down the windows if someone requests that you do so, or you will end up with a lapful of water.”
      “A young man, 24, with tousled, straight brown hair, crystal blue eyes looked up from his lapful of ropes.”
lappies
  1. plural of lappy
  2. plural of lappie
lapboards
  1. plural of lapboard
lapstones
  1. plural of lapstone
lappings
lapwings
laprobes
  1. plural of laprobe
lapfuls
  1. plural of lapful
lappers
  1. plural of lapper
lapsful
  1. plural of lapful
laps
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