Synonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Cloth Covering
   • Flap
   • Flow
   • Lie
   • Locomotion
   • Sound
   • Sphere
   • Stroke
   • Thigh

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   fold, turn over, lay over

2. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   wrap, cover, twist round

3. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   lick, lick up, take up with the tongue

4. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   be folded over, be laid over

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lap":

   laps, abdominal, knee, wpi, tower, erotic

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How to use lap in a sentence?

1. Officer Jesse Hartnett:

   After he leaves the vehicle, I sit up and assess myself, the blood is pooling in my lap at this point.

2. The German:

   The first lap was pretty good, and then I saw that I'd dropped to second. Obviously, that naturally just adds a little bit more pressure, because you know that he's going to improve again, so I've got to improve the same and a bit more. To push over the limit just a little bit more, without losing it, is one of the toughest positions to put the car.

3. Johnny Joey Jones:

   So my message to Six Flags is, I do n’t hate you, I do n’t want to tell people not to go there. I want you to apply the same type of care and thoughtfulness that Universal Studios, Disney, SeaWorld, and everywhere else I’ve gone and ridden roller coasters, and done so safely, I want you to apply the same knowledge and expertise that they apply, the only prohibiting factor is if that lap bar or those shoulder harnesses ca n’t function as designed, and my body will [ allow ] that.

4. Toneyasked Mack .:

   I had a gun in my lap and I ’m sitting there talking to God, saying like, ‘ I don’t want to do this, but if it comes to getting ugly with somebody going to try to kill me, I ’m going to have to do something first to prevent that, ’.

5. Jenny Lisette Flores:

   I had to break out of my role as a lawyer. I let him sit on my lap, I wiped away his tears, and I teared up too. Here was a child, the same age as my son, stuck in a hellhole.