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1.nounThe loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
2.nounAn edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
3.nounThe part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
4.nounA place of rearing and fostering
5.nounThe upper legs of a seated person."The boy was sitting on his mother's lap."
6.nounThe female pudenda.
7.nounA component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
8.verbTo enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
9.verbTo rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
10.nounThe act or process of lapping.
11.nounThat part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another."the lap of a board"
12.nounThe state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping."The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader."
13.nounThe 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).
14.nounOne circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool"swim two laps"
15.nounIn 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.
16.nounA sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
17.nounA 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.
18.verbTo fold; to bend and lay over or on something."to lap a piece of cloth"
19.verbTo wrap around, enwrap, wrap up"to lap a bandage around a finger"
20.verbTo envelop, enfold"lapped in luxury"
21.verbTo wind around
22.verbTo place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another."One laps roof tiles so that water can run off."
23.verbTo polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
24.verbTo be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap."The boats lap; the edges lap."
25.verbTo overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
26.verbTo cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
27.verbTo take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue."Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog."
28.verb(of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
29.nounExamination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.