lap

«lap» in Mova's judaism dictionary: one time around a track, field or pool — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A lap is one time around a track, field or pool. tree →

2) Your lap is the flat top part of your legs when you sit down. tree →

3) To lap is to drink by licking with the tongue, like a cat. tree →

4) Water laps when it moves gently against something, like waves on a beach. tree →

5) To lap someone in a race is to get a whole lap ahead of them. tree →

sense 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

• The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. (Writings PRO.16.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• One lap of the track is 400 metres. tree →
• She ran 6 laps. tree →
• How far did she run? tree →
• He swims 20 laps a day. tree →
• The cat curled up on Grandma's lap. tree →
• The dog lapped water from its bowl. tree →
• Waves lapped gently against the boat. tree →
• On the last lap, Ava moved into first place. tree →
• The fastest runner lapped the slowest one. tree →
• The whip lay on his lap. tree →

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 the corpora

• The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
• Stroke a cat on your lap and you feel a low rumble through its body: the purr.
• Tom never catches Jerry, cartoon cats lap saucers of milk, and they always land on their feet.
• He agrees and lays his head in her lap.
• A seat is for a person, so put your bag on your lap or the floor when the bus is busy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.