Crossword clues for lapped
lapped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lap \Lap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lapping.]
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To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To lap his head on lady's breast.
--Praed. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
Wiktionary
Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race. v
Past tense of to lap.
WordNet
n. the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains" [syn: lap covering]
a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches" [syn: overlap]
movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: circle, circuit]
touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" [syn: lick]
v. lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" [syn: lick]
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]
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]
wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave, wash]
See lap
Usage examples of "lapped".
In the lagoon, where roiling waters lapped around Tallav's knees, only two fishboats remained--one lay unbelievably sideways on the rocks.
Coelura trilled a reassurance as she sat up and the covering lapped itself caressingly about her.
The water lapped seductively over her toes and she decided that she had fooled around with the minor stuff long enough.
Coaxtl raised her head and lapped at a snowflake, the first of several now drifting from the sky.
Ramoth languidly turned over, and the water lapped around Lessa's ankles.
She let out an exclamation of annoyance and threw the handful of sand toward him, but he ducked and the sand went over his shoulder, some of it falling in the gentle waves that lapped up the shore.
He picked up a flat pebble and skated it across the quiet swells that lapped the white sands of the beach.
The water now lapped peacefully against the base, exposing occasionally the jagged points of submerged rock, eddying around others.
Casting his hook and line into the foaming waves that lapped the base of the rock, he sat down to wait.
The holders blessed that precaution when the gale-driven tides had lapped at the top steps, and even flowed on to the porch flooring, right up to the doors, but not over the thresholds.
Waves lapped across its surface, the stiff joint sinking into the warm sea.
So he began a narration of their journey down to the lakeside where Kisk sniffed at the water and, after a few daring darts of her tongue, lapped up a good several mouthfuls of fresh water.
He lapped at the trickle, felt the man’s memories pulse in him like a second heartbeat.
As raw power lapped against the smooth stone walls, staining them with blood-colored fae.
The silver-blue power poured down from him like water, lapped at the base of the rock that supported him, ran outward in a thousand tiny rivulets that laced the ground like veins, until the whole of the clearing was caught up in the web of his power.