Definizione monolingua

lap

lap (third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

1. (transitive) to fold, wrap
2. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

   to lap a bandage around a finger

3. (transitive) to envelop, enfold

   lapped in luxury

4. (intransitive) to wind around
5. (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another.

   One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.

6. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
7. (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
8. (transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them.

lap (plural laps)

1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
4. The upper legs of a seated person.

   The boy was sitting on his mothers lap

5. (archaic (17th century)), (euphemistic) The female pudenda.
6. (construction) component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.

Definizione dizionario lap

	grembo
	the upper legs of a seated person

lappare

avvolgere

coccolare

disco per sfaccettatrice

doppiare

falda

garone

gherone

giro

lambire

leccare

petto

piegare

sciabordare

seno

sorpassare

sovrapporre

sovrapposizione

superare

tappa

Altri significati:

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; — so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

to slurp up a liquid

(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

(intransitive) to wind around

(transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another.

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

(transitive) to fold, wrap

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

(sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, to swim two laps.

The upper legs of a seated person.

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

(transitive) to envelop, enfold

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.

(transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them.

(construction) component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

(archaic (17th century)), (euphemism) The female pudenda.

Sports: One circuit around a race track

(transitive) To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.

(intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

the act or process of lapping