To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
to envelop, enfold
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
to wind around
To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
To place or lay (one thing) 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, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
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 below).
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
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.
One circuit around a race track.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
The act or process of lapping.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
a place of rearing and fostering
The upper legs of a seated person.
To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
To magically or divinely attack undead.
To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
To sour or spoil; to go bad.
To reach a certain age.
To sicken; to nauseate.
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
To complete.
To become (begin to be).
To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
To make (money); turn a profit.
Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To navigate through a book or other printed material.
To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
To change one's direction of travel.
Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
To hinge; to depend.
The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
A change in temperament or circumstance.
A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
A single loop of a coil.
Character; personality; nature.
A short skit, act, or routine.
A fit or a period of giddiness.
A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
A pass behind or through an object.
An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
A walk to and fro.
A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
A change of direction or orientation.
A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
The time required to complete a project.