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.

Mar 20, 2026 · lap (third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped or (archaic) lapt) (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

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

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 …

Your lap is the top of your thighs when you sit down, where your cat might sit. Lap can also refer to a trip around a racetrack, or to the act of overtaking a competitor by a lap.

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 …