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Synonyms for lap
læplap
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Princeton's WordNet
lapnoun
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
"he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
Synonyms:
circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circlelapnoun
an area of control or responsibility
"the job fell right in my lap"
Synonyms:
circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circlelap, lap coveringnoun
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
"his lap was covered with food stains"
Synonyms:
circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circlelap, overlapnoun
a flap that lies over another part
"the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
Synonyms:
overlap, lap covering, lick, intersection, circuit, circle, convergencelap, circle, circuitnoun
movement once around a course
"he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
Synonyms:
rotary, lot, roofy, set, dress circle, racing circuit, rophy, tour, roach, electrical circuit, rope, overlap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, lap covering, roundabout, band, lick, circuit, forget me drug, traffic circle, roundlick, lapverb
touching with the tongue
"the dog's laps were warm and wet"
Synonyms:
poke, circuit, slug, overlap, biff, lap covering, lick, salt lick, circle, punch, cloutlapverb
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
lick, lapverb
pass the tongue over
"the dog licked her hand"
Synonyms:
work out, clobber, wash, lave, thrash, solve, bat, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, work, swish, drub, cream, swosh, lick, figure outlap, swish, swosh, swooshverb
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
"The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
lap, lap up, lickverb
take up with the tongue
"The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
Synonyms:
bat, clobber, cream, lave, thrash, solve, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, lick, work out, swish, drub, wash, swosh, figure out, worklave, lap, washverb
wash or flow against
"the waves laved the shore"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, swosh, wash, wash away, wash up, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave, wash off, launder, moisten, dampen
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
lapverb
lapverb
Synonyms:
wrap, cover, twist roundlapverb
Synonyms:
lick, lick up, take up with the tonguelapverb
Synonyms:
be folded over, be laid over
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#125 | work | |
#189 | set | |
#748 | lot | |
#1080 | tour | |
#1173 | band | |
#1309 | round | |
#2898 | circuit | |
#2990 | cream | |
#3201 | circle | |
#3599 | tower | |
#4081 | erotic | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5204 | wash | |
#7034 | knee | |
#7477 | bat | |
#8050 | rope | |
#8114 | punch | |
#8608 | lap | |
#8643 | intersection | |
#9157 | rotary | |
#9285 | convergence | |
#12058 | overlap | |
#12751 | lick | |
#13610 | abdominal | |
#13780 | roach | |
#18173 | rinse | |
#18949 | laps | |
#19589 | slug | |
#20854 | poke | |
#24591 | roundabout | |
#27075 | swish | |
#27901 | thrash | |
#28219 | circumference | |
#34187 | clout | |
#38344 | wpi | |
#44867 | biff | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#56901 | swoosh | |
#57219 | clobber | |
#76041 | launder | |
#79573 | lave | |
#87201 | moisten | |
#307570 | drub |
How to use lap in a sentence?
It was one lap too many, he just closed his eyes.
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.
We have a target (power) consumption per lap and we need to respect that like the Bible, you want to win, but if you burn up all your energy you won't finish.
I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it. I don’t think that’s a question you would ask many other daughters, i believe my father, I know my father. Soon after, Handler took to Twitter to share an image from a 1996 photo shoot for Vanity Fair that shows her sitting on her father’s lap, caressing his face and staring at him at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Ivanka Trump at the 2018 Winter Olympics. ( Reuters).
Kathrine Palmer Peterson, 516 Sensational Cat Quotes:
The best holistic remedy for high blood pressure is a purring cat on your lap.
Translations for lap
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- скутBulgarian
- doblecCatalan, Valencian
- klínCzech
- schlecken, überrunden, SchoßGerman
- αγκαλιάGreek
- regazo, dobladillo, vueltaSpanish
- lipoaFinnish
- laper, genoux, côtéFrench
- imlich, glùn, uchdScottish Gaelic
- חיקHebrew
- takar, lefetyel, kör, öl, fedHungarian
- փեշ, գոգArmenian
- gremboItalian
- کۆشKurdish
- klēpis, ope, opa, laktLatvian
- schoot, zoomDutch
- fang, rundeNorwegian
- chłeptać, chlipać, okrążeniePolish
- volta, coloPortuguese
- îmbucaRomanian
- подо́л, круг, пола́, лакатьRussian
- lem, lonoSlovak
- varva, lapa, varv, knä, överlappaSwedish
- ఒడిTelugu
- kucakTurkish
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