lap
/læp/ nom C2En français : tour de circuit, tour
- The act or process of lapping.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another. · the lap of a board
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping. · The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- One circuit around a race track. · to run twenty laps· to drive the fastest lap in qualifying
- The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again. · to swim two laps
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
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“My love,” said the marquise, “attend to your doves, your lap-dogs, and embroidery, but do not meddle with what you do not understand.
So they picked up Toto and put the dog in Dorothy’s lap, and then they made a chair with their hands for the seat and their arms for the arms and carried the sleeping girl between them through the flowers.
Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, “I am a suppliant, and seek your aid.” The Shepherd boldly examined the beast, discovered the thorn, and placing his paw upon his lap, pulled it out; thus relieved of his pain, the Lion returned into the forest.
But when the Lion was released from his cage, he recognized the Shepherd as the man who healed him, and instead of attacking him, approached and placed his foot upon his lap.
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