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Lap

noun

1.

The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.

2.

An area of control or responsibility.

3.

The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs. Synonym: lap covering.

4.

A flap that lies over another part. Synonym: overlap.

5.

Movement once around a course. Synonyms: circle, circuit.

6.

Touching with the tongue. Synonym: lick.

verb

(past & past part. lapped; pres. part. lapping)

1.

Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another.

2.

Pass the tongue over. Synonym: lick.

3.

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh. "The curtain swooshed open"

4.

Take up with the tongue. Synonyms: lap up, lick. "The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

5.

Wash or flow against. Synonyms: lave, wash.

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"Lap" Quotes from Famous Books

... blood shall be No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? I'll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? Here's gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive All means of self-enjoyment. To the full They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, And still's the secret idol of thy soul; 'Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, ...

— Count Alarcos - A Tragedy • Benjamin Disraeli

... springs flaming from the heart of man. Woman is slow to burn. And it was the delicate phantom of passion that Eve gazed upon, there in her unpainted chamber, her sun-tanned fingers linking listlessly in her lap, her little feet like bruised white flowers drooping above ...

— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers

... her, and Cicely's nervousness made her jump forward with a violent start. With that sudden movement the sharp needle she held was thrust deep into her hand and two great drops of blood spurted out. With that sudden movement, also, the silk skirt slipped from her lap, and she clutched it to save it from touching the floor. Before she was aware of anything but the sharp pain, before she saw the blood that the needle had brought to the surface, two great stains blotted the front ...

— Cicely and Other Stories • Annie Fellows Johnston

... with the theory of Christian Science or mental healing, or with any of the empiric practices. He acknowledged good in all of them, and he welcomed most of them in preference to materia medica. It is true that his animosity for the founder of the Christian Science cult sometimes seems to lap over and fringe the religion itself; but this is apparent rather than real. Furthermore, he frequently expressed a deep obligation which humanity owed to the founder of the faith, in that she had organized a healing element ignorantly and indifferently employed hitherto. ...

— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine

... a watch, and a score or so of guineas into Harry's lap. The sight of which strangely agitated and immensely touched ...

— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray

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