Definition: touching with the tongue
Usage: the dog's laps were warm and wet
Main entry: circle, circuit, lap
Definition: movement once around a course
Usage: he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Definition: a flap that lies over another part
Usage: the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
Main entry: lap, lap covering
Definition: the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
Usage: his lap was covered with food stains
Main entry: lap
Definition: the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
Usage: he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
Main entry: lap
Definition: an area of control or responsibility
Usage: the job fell right in my lap
Definition: wash or flow against
Usage: the waves laved the shore
Definition: take up with the tongue
Usage: The cat lapped up the milk; the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
Definition: pass the tongue over
Usage: the dog licked her hand
Main entry: lap, swish, swoosh, swosh
Definition: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
Usage: The bubbles swoshed around in the glass; The curtain swooshed open
Main entry: lap
Definition: lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another