That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of 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.
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 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 fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
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 small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
The items on a full tray.
A notification area used for icons and alerts.
A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
to place (items) on a tray