Definition of "lap"
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The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
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An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
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The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
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The upper legs of a seated person.
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Component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.
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The act or process of lapping.
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That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
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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.
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The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
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One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, to swim two laps.
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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).
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A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
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A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
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verb:
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To fold, wrap.
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To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up.
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To envelop, enfold.
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To wind around.
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To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another.
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To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
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To lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
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To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them.
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To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.
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To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
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