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noun
- 1. one circuit of a track during a race: "heavy rain stopped the race after 18 laps"
- 2. an overlapping or projecting part: "cut to the depth and width of the lap"
verb
- 1. overtake (a competitor in a race) to become one or more laps ahead: "she lapped all of her rivals in the 3,000 metres" Similar
- 2. wrap or enfold someone or something in (something soft): literary "he was lapped in blankets" Similar
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LAP definition: 1. the top surface of the upper part of the legs of a person who is sitting down: 2. a complete…. Learn more.
The meaning of LAP is a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment. How to use lap in a sentence. a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment; the skirt of a coat or dress…
1. a. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person. b. The portion of a garment that covers the lap. 2. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment. 3. An area of responsibility, interest, or control: an opportunity that dropped in his lap. Idiom: the lap of luxury.
Your lap is the top of your thighs when you sit down, where your cat might sit. Lap can also refer to a trip around a racetrack, or to the act of overtaking a competitor by a lap.
LAP meaning: 1. the top surface of the upper part of the legs of a person who is sitting down: 2. a complete…. Learn more.
Definition of lap noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lap. (læp ) Word forms: laps , lapping , lapped. 1. countable noun B2. If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap. Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap. 2. countable noun B2.
Definitions of 'lap'. 1. If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body. [...] 2. In a race, a competitor completes a lap when they have gone around a course once. [...]
noun. the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position. the part of the clothing that lies on the front portion of the body from the waist to the knees when one sits. a place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture: the lap of luxury.
: the area between the knees and the hips of a person who is sitting down. A child was sitting on his lap. She held the baby in/on her lap. He kept his hands in/on his lap. The students rested the books in/on their laps. drop/fall into your lap. informal or land in your lap.
