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lapping
研磨
Lap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lapped p. pr. & vb. n. Lapping.]
1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To lap his head on lady's breast. --Praed.
2. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
Lap·ping n. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
Lapping engine, Lapping machine Textile Manuf., A machine for forming fiber info a lap. See its Lap, 9.
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lap
n 1: the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked
up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
2: an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in
my lap"
3: the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his
lap was covered with food stains" [syn: lap covering]
4: a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles
should be at least ten inches" [syn: overlap]
5: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just
for insurance" [syn: circle, circuit]
6: touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
[syn: lick]
v 1: lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
2: pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" [syn: lick]
3: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing
sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The
curtain swooshed open" [syn: swish, swosh, swoosh]
4: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the
cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap
up, lick]
5: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave,
wash]
[also: lapping, lapped]
lapping
n : covering with a design in which one element covers a part of
another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: imbrication,
overlapping]
Lapping
of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water
to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin
tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water,
which he throws into his mouth. The three hundred men that went
with Gideon thus employed their hands and lapped the water out
of their hands (Judg. 7:7).