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# lap

noun (lap, laps); verb (lap, laps, lapped, lapping)

«lap» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lap is one time around a track, field or pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#m1)
2. Your lap is the flat top part of your legs when you sit down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#m2)
3. To lap is to drink by licking with the tongue, like a cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#m3)
4. Water laps when it moves gently against something, like waves on a beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#m4)
5. To lap someone in a race is to get a whole lap ahead of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths, a unit of distance repeated: laps × length of one lap. In PE and sport: run laps of the field, swim laps of the pool. In everyday life: a cat sits on your lap, a laptop sits on your lap. In stories, waves lap at the shore. Phrases: «a lap of», «on your lap», «lap up», «the last lap», «victory lap».

### Examples

- One lap of the track is 400 metres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x1)
- She ran 6 laps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x2)
- How far did she run? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x3)
- He swims 20 laps a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x4)
- The cat curled up on Grandma's lap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x5)
- The dog lapped water from its bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x6)
- Waves lapped gently against the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x7)
- On the last lap, Ava moved into first place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x8)
- The fastest runner lapped the slowest one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x9)
- The whip lay on his lap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/#x10)

### Note

Countable: a lap, laps. Verb past: lapped; -ing: lapping. Laps are repeated equal distances: multiply. Trap: the distance of one lap must be known; «4 laps» alone is not metres. A lap of a pool is often one length there and back, but some say one length — read the story.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths, a unit of distance repeated: laps × length of one lap. In PE and sport: run laps of the field, swim laps of the pool. In everyday life: a cat sits on your lap, a laptop sits on your lap. In stories, waves lap at the shore. Phrases: «a lap of», «on your lap», «lap up», «the last lap», «victory lap».

### Examples

- The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. (Writings PRO.16.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lap/#x1)
- And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not. (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lap/#x2)

### Note

Countable: a lap, laps. Verb past: lapped; -ing: lapping. Laps are repeated equal distances: multiply. Trap: the distance of one lap must be known; «4 laps» alone is not metres. A lap of a pool is often one length there and back, but some say one length — read the story.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lap.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lap.html) on Mova free.