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

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

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

Example: to lap a piece of cloth

To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

Example: to lap a bandage around a finger

To envelop, enfold

Example: lapped in luxury

To wind around

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.

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

A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

(bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.

The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.

The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.