lap

Part of speech: verb

To lay over, as a fold; infold; involve.

Part of speech: verb

To lie partly over something else.

Part of speech: verb

To lick up; take up liquid with the tongue.

Part of speech: noun

That part of a substance which extends over another.

Part of speech: noun

The upper part of the thighs or knees of a person in a sitting posture; the clothing that covers this part.

Share it on:

Usage examples "lap":

  1. When she had finished, Molly dropped the papers in her lap and waited. - "Molly Brown's Junior Days", Nell Speed.
  2. She was carefully holding the box upon her lap when she suddenly felt the greatest desire to open it. - "The Red Fairy Book", Various.
  3. There's Veronica, rockin' back and forth under the readin' light, with a book in her lap. - "Shorty McCabe on the Job", Sewell Ford.