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Noun lap has 6 senses
- lap - the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
--1 is a kind of thigh
- lap - an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"
--2 is a kind of sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
--2 has particulars: lap of the gods
- lap, lap covering - the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains"
--3 is a kind of cloth covering
--3 is a part of skirt; trousers, pants
- lap, overlap - a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
--4 is a kind of flap
--4 has particulars: cuff, turnup; hem; lapel; lappet
- lap, circle, circuit - movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
--5 is a kind of locomotion, travel
--5 has particulars: pace lap; victory lap, lap of honour
- lick, lap - touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
--6 is a kind of touch, touching
Verb lap has 5 senses
- lap - lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
--1 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- lick, lap - pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
--2 is one way to stroke, fondle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- lap, swish, swosh, swoosh - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
--3 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- lap, lap up, lick - take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
--4 is one way to drink, imbibe
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- lave, lap, wash - wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
--5 is one way to flow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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