lapped
verb
Meaning
- To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To envelop, enfold
- To wind around
- To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
- To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- (of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.
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