noun

1. Now Rare the loose lower part of a garment, which may be doubled or folded over; skirt of a coat or gown
2. the front part of the skirt when it is held up to form a hollow place in which things can be carried
3. 1. the front part from the waist to the knees of a person in a sitting position
   2. the part of the clothing covering this
4. anything hollow like a lap, as a valley
5. that in which a person or thing rests or is cared for, sheltered, or coddled
6. a part extending over another part; overlapping part
7. 1. such extension; overlapping
   2. amount or place of this
8. a turn or loop, as of a rope around a post
9. a rotating disk for cutting and polishing glass, gems, etc.
10. 1. one complete circuit around a racetrack, in a race consisting of more than one
    2. one part or stage of an extended project
11. the act or condition of lapping

Etymology: ME lappe < OE læppa, fold or hanging part of a garment, skin; akin to Ger lappen < IE base *leb-, lāb-, to hang down > L labare, to totter, labi, to fall, sink, lapsus, a fall

transitive verb lapped, lapping lap′·ping

1. to fold (over or on)
2. to wrap; enfold
3. to hold in or as in the lap; envelop lapped in luxury
4. to place partly upon something else to lap one board over another
5. to lie partly upon; overlap one board laps the other
6. to cut or polish (glass, gems, etc.) with a lap
7. to get a lap ahead of (an opponent) in a race

Etymology: ME lappen < the n.

intransitive verb

1. to be folded rough edges must lap under
2. to lie partly upon something or upon one another; overlap
3. to project beyond something in space, or extend beyond something in time: with over

intransitive verb, transitive verb lapped, lapping lap′·ping

1. to drink (a liquid) by dipping it up with the tongue in the manner of a dog
2. to move or strike gently with a light splashing sound such as a dog makes in lapping: said of waves, etc.

Etymology: ME lapen < OE lapian, akin to MDu lapen, OHG laffan, to lick < IE echoic base *lab-, to lick > L lambere

noun

1. the act of lapping
2. the sound of lapping
3. something that is, or is intended to be, lapped up