Lapping can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| lap - take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" | ||
| lap - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" | ||
| lap - lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another | ||
| lap - pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" | ||
| lap - wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" | ||
Noun |
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| lapping - covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) |
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| 1. | noun | Tom and Mary awoke to find water lapping at the door of their tent. | |
| 2. | noun | The palace of the Merman King lies in the very deepest part; its walls are of coral and the long pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells which open and shut with the lapping of the water. | |
| 3. | noun | He drove an extra lap just for insurance. | |
| 4. | noun | The lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches. | |
| 5. | noun | His lap was covered with food stains. | |
| 6. | noun | The job fell right in my lap. | |
| 7. | noun | He picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap. | |
| 8. | noun | Place your hands one on top of the other in your lap, keep your back straight, eyes closed and tongue on the roof of your mouth. | |
| 9. | noun | When I first get on I take 1 leg and pull it back up to touch my butt with my heel and hold it there for 1 lap at a walk around a large dressage arena. | |
| 10. | noun | Then 1 lap at a walk around the arena with both my legs pulled out as far as I can, so they are not touching the saddle. | |
| 11. | noun | Then a lap doing scissors, one leg forward as far as I can and the other back, then switch legs. | |
| 12. | noun | There are far too many lazy people out there who think that they can sit around a job will fall in their lap. | |
| 13. | noun | Ben acted out the scene of the waitress spilling soup in his lap. | |
| 14. | noun | You have only to sit quietly with your hands folded in your lap. | |
| 15. | noun | The impudent child extended her legs across my lap. | |
| 16. | verb | The dog was lapping water. | |
| 17. | verb | She sat listening to the water lapping rhythmically against the moored rowing boats. | |
| 18. | verb | No matter how much you lap coal, it stays black. | |
| 19. | verb | No matter how much you lap coal, it stays black. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| Tom and Mary awoke to find water lapping at the door of their tent. | |
| The palace of the Merman King lies in the very deepest part; its walls are of coral and the long pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells which open and shut with the lapping of the water. | |
| He drove an extra lap just for insurance. |
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| The lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches. |
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| His lap was covered with food stains. |
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| The job fell right in my lap. |
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| He picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap. |
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| Place your hands one on top of the other in your lap, keep your back straight, eyes closed and tongue on the roof of your mouth. |
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| When I first get on I take 1 leg and pull it back up to touch my butt with my heel and hold it there for 1 lap at a walk around a large dressage arena. |
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| Then 1 lap at a walk around the arena with both my legs pulled out as far as I can, so they are not touching the saddle. |
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| Then a lap doing scissors, one leg forward as far as I can and the other back, then switch legs. |
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| There are far too many lazy people out there who think that they can sit around a job will fall in their lap. |
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| Ben acted out the scene of the waitress spilling soup in his lap. | |
| You have only to sit quietly with your hands folded in your lap. | |
| The impudent child extended her legs across my lap. | |
| verb | |
| The dog was lapping water. | |
| She sat listening to the water lapping rhythmically against the moored rowing boats. | |
| No matter how much you lap coal, it stays black. | |
| No matter how much you lap coal, it stays black. | |