lap
verb/læp/
/læp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lap | /læp/ /læp/ |
| he / she / it laps | /læps/ /læps/ |
| past simple lapped | /læpt/ /læpt/ |
| past participle lapped | /læpt/ /læpt/ |
| -ing form lapping | /ˈlæpɪŋ/ /ˈlæpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of water) to touch something gently and regularly, often making a soft sound
- The waves lapped around our feet.
- the sound of water lapping against the boat
Extra Examples- The freezing water lapped over her boots.
- The water lapped around his ankles.
- The waves lapped at her feet.
- The waves lapped gently against the side of the ship.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- softly
- against
- around
- at
- …
- [transitive] lap something (of animals) to drink something with quick movements of the tongue
- [transitive] lap somebody (in a race) to pass another runner on a track who is one or more laps behind you
- She had already lapped most of the other runners.
Word Originverb sense 3 Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘coil, fold, or wrap’): from the noun lap sense (1). The current senses date from the mid 19th cent. verb senses 1 to 2 Old English lapian, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch lapen.
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