Lap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to fold, wrap to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up to envelop, enfold to wind around To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another. To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth. To lie partly on or over something; to overlap. To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them. To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury. The upper legs of a seated person. , The female pudenda. component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component. 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; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing. 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 Outside lap (below). The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader. One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, 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. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
Example sentence: A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
Lick
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To stroke with the tongue.To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.To overcome.To perform cunnilingus.To do anything partially.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of licking.The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.A stroke or blow.A bit.A short motif.speed. In this sense it is always qualified by good, or fair or a similar adjective.
Example sentence: I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.