lap

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English læppa (skirt or flap of a garment), from Proto-Germanic *lapp-, confer Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen, Old Norse leppr (“lock of hair”).

[edit] Noun

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 mother's lap
  5. (archaic (17th century)), (euphemistic) The female pudenda.
  6. (construction) component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.
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[edit] Translations
the loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron
an edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth
the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
the upper legs of a seated person
(archaic) (euphemistic) the female pudenda
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier Middle English wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, wlæppan, wlappian "to wrap" from Proto-Germanic *wrappan-, *wlappan- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dial. vravle "to wind", Old Italian goluppare "to wrap, fold up" (from Germanic). More at envelop, develop

The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

[edit] Verb

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.
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to overtake a straggler
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[edit] Noun

lap (plural laps)

  1. the act or process of lapping
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. (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.
  6. 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.
  7. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
  8. 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.
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[edit] Translations
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another
The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping
Sports: One circuit around a race track
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like
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(transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth
(intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
(transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them
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[edit] Etymology 3

From Old English lapian, from Proto Germanic *lapajanan, akin to Old High German laffen (to lick), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (spoon). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.

[edit] Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.
  2. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash
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to slurp up a liquid

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[edit] Noun

lap m. (plural lappen, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. a rag, a piece of cloth
  2. a slice of meat
  3. a Laplander

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[edit] Verb

lap

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lappen.
  2. imperative of lappen.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlɒp/

[edit] Noun

lap (plural lapok)

  1. sheet (paper)
  2. page (book)
    ezen a lapon - on this page
  3. newspaper
    a mai lap - today’s paper
  4. card (game, post card)
  5. face of a polyhedron

[edit] Declension

declension of lap
singular plural
nominative lap lapok
accusative lapot lapokat
dative lapnak lapoknak
instrumental lappal lapokkal
causal-final lapért lapokért
translative lappá lapokká
terminative lapig lapokig
essive-formal lapként lapokként
essive-modal - -
inessive lapban lapokban
superessive lapon lapokon
adessive lapnál lapoknál
illative lapba lapokba
sublative lapra lapokra
allative laphoz lapokhoz
elative lapból lapokból
delative lapról lapokról
ablative laptól lapoktól
possessives of lap
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. lapom lapjaim
2nd person sing. lapod lapjaid
3rd person sing. lapja lapjai
1st person plural lapunk lapjaink
2nd person plural lapotok lapjaitok
3rd person plural lapjuk lapjaik

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