The meaning of LAP is a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment. How to use lap in a sentence.

Phrasal verb lap something up (Definition of lap from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

To lie partly on or over something; overlap. 2. To form a lap or fold.

If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap. Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap.

a place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture: the lap of luxury. area of responsibility, care, charge, or control: They dropped the problem right in his lap.

A lap is a surface (usually horizontal) created between the knee and hips of a biped when it is in a seated or lying down position. The lap of a parent or loved one is seen as a physically and …

Definition of lap noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Sitting open on his lap is a wooden box, which he is gazing into intently, as though inside the box is the key to all his worldly hopes and dreams. It will happen for you too as long as you know you have to …

Lap definition: A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

In its most general definition, a lap refers to a single complete trip or round, usually along a circular course or specified pathway such as in a race. It can also refer to the flat area between the waist and …