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laplap2 verb (lapped, lapping) ETYMOLOGYlap2Origin: (1-2) Old English lapian (3) 1200-1300 Probably from ➔ LAP1(1) in the earlier meaning fold, piece of cloth VERB TABLElap |
Present | I, you, we, they | lap | | he, she, it | laps | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lapped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lapped | | he, she, it | has lapped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lapped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lap | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lapped |
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Present | I | am lapping | | he, she, it | is lapping | | you, we, they | are lapping | Past | I, he, she, it | was lapping | | you, we, they | were lapping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lapping | | he, she, it | has been lapping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lapping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lapping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lapping |
THESAURUS to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it► drink to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it: What do you want to drink? Charlie drinks too much coffee. ► sip to drink something in very small amounts: The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully. ► take a sip to drink a small amount of a liquid: Take a sip of this and tell me how it tastes. ► slurp to drink something in a noisy way: Stop slurping your soup. ► gulp (down) to drink all of something very quickly: Ed gulped down the water and asked for another glass. ► imbibe formal to drink something, especially alcohol or something else that affects your body. Used especially in literature or scientific writing: Levels of the hormone go up in women two hours after imbibing alcohol. ► lap (up) if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue: The cat quickly lapped up all the milk in the bowl. 1 [intransitive, transitive] if water laps something or laps against something such as the shore or a boat, it moves against it or hits it in small waves: lap at/over/against etc. We sat on the shore and let the warm water lap over our feet.2[intransitive, transitive] if an animal laps something, it drinks it by making small tongue movements SYN lap up► see thesaurus at drink13a)[transitive] to pass a competitor in a race after having completed a whole lap more than they have: Schumacher lapped everyone in the Grand Prix. b)[intransitive, transitive] to make a single trip around a track, racecourse, etc. in a particular time4[intransitive, transitive] formal if one thing laps another, a part of one covers part of the other SYN overlap5[transitive always + adv./prep.] literary to fold or wrap something around something else—lapping noun [uncountable]lap something ↔ up phrasal verb1to enjoy or believe something without criticizing or doubting it at all: The children lapped up their grandfather’s stories.2if an animal laps something up, it drinks it by making small tongue movements3to drink all of something eagerly |