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Meaning of lapped

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lapped

verb

Definitions

  1. To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

  2. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

verb

Definitions

  1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

    Example: to lap a piece of cloth

  2. To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

    Example: to lap a bandage around a finger

  3. To envelop, enfold

    Example: lapped in luxury

  4. To wind around

verb

Definitions

  1. To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

    Example: Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.

  2. (of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

    Example: He had to pass the lapped cars on the racetrack.