The meaning of lap is a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment Master the word lap in english How to use lap in a sentence.
Phrasal verb lap something up (definition of lap from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) Your lap is the flat area formed by your thighs when you are sitting down To lie partly on or over something
The front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position. See examples of lap used in a sentence. A lap is a surface (usually horizontal) created between the knee and hips of a biped when it is in a seated or lying down position The lap of a parent or loved one is seen as a physically and psychologically comfortable place for a child to sit
If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body She waited quietly with her hands in her lap Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap. Definition of lap noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
A place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture Area of responsibility, care, charge, or control They dropped the problem right in his lap.
