LAPPING

To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

Example: "To lap a piece of cloth"

To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

Example: "To lap a bandage around a finger"

To envelop, enfold

Example: "Lapped in luxury"

To wind around

To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

Example: "One laps roof tiles so that water can run off."

To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

Example: "The boats lap; the edges lap."

To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Example: "Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog."

(of water) to wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.