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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1. Jaime Alguersuari:

   We have a target (power) consumption per lap and we need to respect that like the Bible, you want to win, but if you burn up all your energy you won't finish.

2. Emma Kimilainen:

   In the end I didn't want to push too hard to show my full potential because tomorrow is the day I need to be fast. I lifted quite a lot in the fastest lap in the straight.

3. Spaniard Fernando Alonso:

   If you overtake cars at the start, or you start in front of them because of penalties, they will pass you on lap one so it's even more frustrating, nothing has changed. We will try to do our race, to learn things on the car and finish as high up as possible. It's not the best situation, but unfortunately it is the way it is at the moment because we are not competitive at all.

4. Chokwe Antar Lumumba:

   I've been lifting up this circumstance amongst many individuals that are in leadership and have influence over a solution, i don't want to put it squarely in one person's lap, but I think there's a well-defined record of me lifting that up.

5. Denny Hamlin:

   Just a lack of awareness, i just wanted him to race me for a lap. I don’t think he did it maliciously He’s not that kind of person. This just turned everything upside down.