| query | A l__ of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop.A lap of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop. I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey. |
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| word | lap |
| full-definition | noun 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. In a race, a competitor completes a lap when they have gone round a course once. ...that last lap of the race. On lap two, Baker edged forward. A lap of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop. I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey. verb In a race, if you lap another competitor, you go past them while they are still on the previous lap. He was caught out while lapping a slower rider. When water laps against something such as the shore or the side of a boat, it touches it gently and makes a soft sound. ...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse. With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived. The building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls. The only sound was the lapping of the waves. When an animal laps a drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth. The cat lapped milk from a dish. She poured some water into a plastic bowl. Faust, her Great Dane, lapped it up with relish. |
| inflections | lapslappinglappedlapping |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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