The definition of a lap is one full circuit in a race, or the front part of a person from the waist to the knees when sitting or fabric meant to cover this part, or a hollow area that provides shelter.
(noun)Lap is defined as to fold over, to wrap or to quickly drink.
(verb)See lap in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: 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
Origin: ME lappen < the n.
intransitive verb
intransitive verb, transitive verb lapped, lapping
Origin: ME lapen < OE lapian, akin to MDu lapen, OHG laffan, to lick < IE echoic base *lab-, to lick > L lambere
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See lap in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lappe, lappet, lap
Origin: , from Old English lǽppa, lappet
.Related Forms:
verb lapped lapped, lap·ping, laps verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lappen
Origin: , from lappe, lap, lappet; see lap1
.verb lapped lapped, lap·ping, laps verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lapen
Origin: , from Old English lapian
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