Antonyms for lap
læplap

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1. 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, circle

2. lapnoun

   an area of control or responsibility

   "the job fell right in my lap"

   Synonyms:
   circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

3. lap, 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, circle

4. lap, 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, convergence

5. lap, 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, round

6. lick, 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, clout

7. lapverb

   lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

   Synonyms:
   swosh, wash, lave, swoosh, lick, lap up, swish

8. 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 out

9. lap, 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"

   Synonyms:
   swosh, wash, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave

10. 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, work

11. lave, 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

How to use lap in a sentence?

1. Linda VanGosen:

   After such a positive customer reaction to Australia's Cheesy Bacon Fries in the Linda VanGosen, they're taking a victory lap.

2. Lawrence Barretto:

   The Italian manufacturer season's groundhog day in a way, this happened last year when it was looking pretty good for Ferrari and then they had that problem in the Asian swing of The Italian manufacturer season with the first-lap crash in Singapore and the problems in Japan.

3. Thomas Kiklas:

   Lithium ion batteries fail in other devices as well, but in a laptop, it's on your lap.

4. The Finn:

   I knew the first lap was good but it wasn't perfect and honestly I should've improved in the second run and I'm glad it was enough — it's not easy to get a quick lap together and it's very easy to do mistakes.

5. Tony Stewart:

   I had the option. I could have done something, but if I did that, I took a risk of wrecking the entire field to win the race, i chose to not wreck everybody, and I don't remember where we ended up, but we were leading until we got to the middle of the backstretch on the last lap.

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