lap
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherishTo enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
» Come, sit on my lap.
Иди сядь ко мне на колени. — marafon
Йди сюди, сідай мені на коліна. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
13 senses(transitive)To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
(transitive)To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
(transitive)To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
to lap a piece of cloth
pass the tongue over
(transitive)To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
to lap a bandage around a finger
(transitive)To envelop, enfold
lapped in luxury
(intransitive)To wind around
(transitive)To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
(transitive)To polish (a surface, especially metal or gemstone) with very fine abrasive to achieve smoothness and small dimensional changes.
läppen
(intransitive)To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
The cloth laps back.
The boats lap; the edges lap.
überlappen
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
(transitive)To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
überrunden
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
(ambitransitive)To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
Don’t lap your soup like that! You look like a dog.
schlecken
лака́тьlakátʹ
take up with the tongue
Examples
180 sentencesCome, sit on my lap.
Йди сюди, сідай мені на коліна. — deniko
ruИди сядь ко мне на колени. — marafon
Her hands rested on her lap.
Tom sat on his father's lap.
deTom saß bei seinem Vater auf dem Schoß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom and Mary were swimming laps.
Tom doesn't really enjoy swimming laps.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from ProFrom Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).
From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).
From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-West Germanic *lapōn, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.
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Forms
laps, lapping, lapped, lappedSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- swimming laps
- how many laps
- on his lap
- many laps did
- many laps