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Webster 1913 Edition

Lap

Lap

(lăp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lappe
, AS.
læppa
; 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.
2.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
Chaucer.
If he cuts off but a
lap
of truth’s garment, his heart smites him.
Fuller.
3.
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
.
Men expect that happiness should drop into their
laps
.
Tillotson.
4.
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.
☞ The lap of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the cover.
5.
(Steam Engine)
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
Outside lap
(below).
6.
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
.
7.
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile;
as, to run twenty
laps
; to win by three
laps
. See
Lap
, to fold, 2.
8.
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.
9.
(Cotton Manuf.)
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
10.
(Mach.)
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.
Lap joint
,
a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.
–
Lap weld
,
a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends.
–
Inside lap
(Steam Engine)
,
lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port.
–
Outside lap
,
lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port.

Lap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lapped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lapping
.]
1.
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To
lap
his head on lady's breast.
Praed.
2.
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st
Lap
, 10.

Lap

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
lappen
to fold (see
Lap
,
Noun.
); 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
.
2.
To wrap or wind around something.
About the paper . . . I
lapped
several times a slender thread of very black silk.
Sir I. Newton.
3.
To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Her garment spreads, and
laps
him in the folds.
Dryden.
4.
To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it;
as, to
lap
one shingle over another
; to lay together one partly over another;
as, to
lap
weather-boards
; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something);
as, the hinder boat
lapped
the foremost one
.
5.
(Carding & Spinning)
To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.
To lap boards
,
shingles
, etc.
,
to lay one partly over another.
–
To lap timbers
,
to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing.
Weale.

Lap

,
Verb.
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
.
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they
lap
over, transparent, like the wing of a flay.
Grew.

Lap

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
lappen
,
lapen
, AS.
lapian
; akin to LG.
lappen
, OHG.
laffan
, Icel.
lepja
, Dan.
lade
, Sw.
läppja
, L.
lambere
; cf. Gr. [GREEK], W.
llepio
. Cf.
Lambent
.]
1.
To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty,
lap
hastily as they run along the shore.
Sir K. Digby.
2.
To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,
And the wild water
lapping
on the crag.
Tennyson.

Lap

,
Verb.
T.
To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
They 'II take suggestion as a cat
laps
milk.
Shakespeare

Lap

,
Noun.
1.
The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue;
as, to take anything into the mouth with a
lap
.
2.
The sound of lapping.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lap

LAP

, n.
1.
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely.
2.
The part of clothes that lies on the knees when a person sits down; hence, the knees in this position.
Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps.

LAP

, v.t.
1.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on; as, to lap a piece of cloth.
To lap boards, is to lay one partly over another.
2.
To wrap or twist round.
I lapped a slender thread about the paper.
3.
To infold; to involve.
Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds.

LAP

,
Verb.
I.
To be spread or laid; to be turned over.
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends where they lap over, transparent like the wing of a fly.

LAP

,
Verb.
I.
[Gr. If m is casual in L. lambo, as it probably is, this is the same word.]
To take up liquor or food with the tongue; to feed or drink by licking.
The dogs by the river Nilus' side being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore.
And the number of them that lapped were three hundred men. Judges 7.

LAP

,
Verb.
T.
To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up; as, a cat laps milk.

Definition 2024

Lap

Lap

See also: lap and láp

Dutch

Noun

Lap m ‎(plural Lappen, diminutive Lapje n)

  1. Laplander

lap

lap

See also: Lap and láp

English

Noun

lap ‎(plural laps)

  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; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
  4. The upper legs of a seated person.
    The boy was sitting on his mother's lap
  5. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda. [17th century]
  6. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

lap ‎(third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

  1. To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
    • Dryden
      Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds.
  2. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
    • Praed
      to lap his head on lady's breast

Etymology 2

From Middle English lappen ‎(“to fold, wrap”) from earlier Middle English wlappen ‎(“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian ‎(“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- ‎(“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ‎(“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen ‎(“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dial. vravle "to wind", Old Italian goluppare "to wrap, fold up" (from Germanic). More at envelop, develop.

The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Verb

lap ‎(third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

  1. (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
    to lap a piece of cloth
  2. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
    to lap a bandage around a finger
    • Isaac Newton
      About the paper […] I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk.
  3. (transitive) to envelop, enfold
    lapped in luxury
  4. (intransitive) to wind around
  5. (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
    One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
  6. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
  7. (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
    The cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.
    • Grew
      The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.
  8. (transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
  9. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
Translations
Derived terms

Noun

lap ‎(plural laps)

  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; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
  3. 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 Outside lap (below).
  4. 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.
  5. (sports) 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.
    • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
      Alonso's second place moves him into a tie on points at the head of the championship with Sebastian Vettel, who was sixth in his Red Bull, passing Button, then Hamilton and finally Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg in quick succession in the closing laps.
  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, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English lapian, from Proto-Germanic *lapajanan, akin to Old High German laffen (to lick), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (spoon). Cognate with Latin lambere ‎(“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.

Verb

lap ‎(third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
    • Shakespeare
      They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk.
    • Sir K. Digby
      The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore.
  2. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
    • Tennyson
      I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑp
  • IPA(key): /lɑp/

Noun

lap m ‎(plural lappen, diminutive lapje n)

  1. a rag, a piece of cloth
  2. a slice of meat

See also

Verb

lap

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lappen
  2. imperative of lappen

Interjection

lap

  1. (chiefly Belgium) exclamation of dismay, disappointment

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɒp]

Noun

lap ‎(plural lapok)

  1. sheet (paper)
  2. page (book)
    ezen a lapon - on this page
  3. newspaper
    a mai lap - today’s paper
  4. card (game, post card)
  5. face of a polyhedron

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lap lapok
accusative lapot lapokat
dative lapnak lapoknak
instrumental lappal lapokkal
causal-final lapért lapokért
translative lappá lapokká
terminative lapig lapokig
essive-formal lapként lapokként
essive-modal — —
inessive lapban lapokban
superessive lapon lapokon
adessive lapnál lapoknál
illative lapba lapokba
sublative lapra lapokra
allative laphoz lapokhoz
elative lapból lapokból
delative lapról lapokról
ablative laptól lapoktól
Possessive forms of lap
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lapom lapjaim
2nd person sing. lapod lapjaid
3rd person sing. lapja lapjai
1st person plural lapunk lapjaink
2nd person plural lapotok lapjaitok
3rd person plural lapjuk lapjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

Lojban

Rafsi

lap

  1. rafsi of lacpu.

Pronunciation

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