lapped

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

verb

  1. 1

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

    to lap a piece of cloth
  2. 2

    To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

    to lap a bandage around a finger
  3. 3

    To envelop, enfold

    lapped in luxury
  4. 4

    To wind around

  5. 5

    To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

    One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
  6. 6

    To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

  7. 7

    To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

    The boats lap; the edges lap.
  8. 8

    To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

  9. 9

    To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

verb

  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

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

adjective

  1. 1

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

    He had to pass the lapped cars on the racetrack.

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