Lap

Quick meaning: Lap is a noun meaning The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
2. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
3. (figuratively) A place of rearing and fostering.
4. The upper legs of a seated person.
5. (engineering) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
6. (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
7. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.

Example Sentences

lapped in luxury

to lap a piece of cloth

to lap his head on lady's breast

to lap a bandage around a finger

Word Forms

• laps
• lapping
• lapped
• lapt

Synonyms for lap

Depending on context, synonyms include swish, circuit, circle, lick, overlap, swosh.

Antonyms for lap

Common opposites include unlap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overlap, swosh, lick, circuit, swish, circle.

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