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— English words —

• lap n. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
• lap n. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
• lap n. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
• lap n. (Figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering.
• lap n. The upper legs of a seated person.
• lap n. (Archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.
• lap n. (Construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
• lap v. (Transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one’s lap; to cherish.
• lap v. (Transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
• lap v. (Transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
• lap v. (Transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up.
• lap v. (Transitive) to envelop, enfold.
• lap v. (Intransitive) to wind around.
• lap v. (Transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
• lap v. (Transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
• lap v. (Intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
• lap v. (Transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap…
• lap v. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
• lap n. The act or process of lapping.
• lap n. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
• lap n. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent…
• lap n. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the…
• lap n. (Sports) One circuit around a race track.
• lap n. (Swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
• lap n. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so…
• lap n. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
• lap n. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass…
• lap v. (Transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick…
• lap v. (Intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
• lap n. The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
• lap n. (Obsolete, slang, uncountable) Liquor; alcoholic drink.
• lap n. (Medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopy.
• lap adj. (Medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopic.

— International convention —

• LAP prop.n. (Planetology, geology) Abbreviation of LaPaz Icefield.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • lap n. A patch, a rag, a piece of cloth.
  • lap n. A plot, a tract (of ground).
• Albanian
  • lap v. To slurp, lap up.
• Azerbaijani
  • lap adv. Even (emphasizing a comparative or superlative).
  • lap adv. Very.
  • lap adv. Downright, right, immediately, directly used to emphasize the following phrase.
  • lap det. Very (the same; identical) (especially when used with həmin).
• Hungarian
  • lap n. Sheet (thin, flat piece of any solid material).
  • lap n. Sheet (piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, printing or other uses).
  • lap n. (Proscribed, archaic) page (one side of a written or printed paper sheet).
  • lap n. Newspaper, magazine, periodical (publication issued regularly).
  • lap n. Greeting card, postcard (decorated card made of thick paper that is sent or given to someone).
  • lap n. Playing card (one piece out of a pack of cards used to play games).
  • lap n. (Computing) tab (virtual space of a window where one of many simultaneously opened documents is displayed).
  • lap n. (Geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron).
  • lap n. (In the possessive) top (the flat, horizontal surface of a table or desk).
  • lap n. (In the possessive) flat (flat side of something, as opposed to the edge).
  • láp n. Moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath).
• Indonesian
  • lap n. A rag, a piece of cloth.
  • lap n. Lap…
• Mang
  • lap⁷ adj. Full.
• Marshallese
  • ļap adj. Big.
  • ļap adj. Great.
  • ļap adj. Large.
  • ļap adj. Plenty.
  • ļap adv. Especially.
• Middle irish
  • láp n. Mud, mire.
  • láp n. (Figuratively) sin, vice.
• Mòcheno
  • lap n. Leaf.
• Old english
  • laþ adj. Loathsome, hateful, unpleasant, evil.
  • laþ n. A person or thing that is evil, hated or unpleasant.
• Phalura
  • lap adv. Quickly.
  • lap adv. Soon.
• Polish
  • łap n. Genitive plural of łapa.
  • łap v. Second-person singular imperative of łapać.
• Tok pisin
  • lap n. Laughter.
  • lap v. To laugh.
• Vietnamese
  • lắp v. To fit, to install.
  • lắp v. (Southern Vietnam) Alternative form of lấp (“to fill”).
  • lắp v. To repeat.
  • lắp v. Short for nói lắp (“to stutter”).
  • lấp v. To fill up; to stop (up).
  • lạp n. (Only in compounds) grain; granule.
  • lạp n. (Only in compounds) year end.
  • lặp v. To repeat; to iterate.
  • lập v. To set up; to establish.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• lap n. Schoot.
• lap n. (Sport) deel van een snelheidswedstrijd.

— English words, defined in French —

• lap n. Giron, genoux (on one’s lap = sur les genoux).
• lap n. Tour (de piste), tour (de circuit).
• lap v. Plier, enrouler.
• lap v. Envelopper.
• lap v. Laper.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• lap s. Regazo.
• lap s. Vuelta.
• lap v. Lamer.
• lap v. Besar.
• lap v. Envolver.
• lap v. Forrar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• lap s. Lembo.

— In Dutch —

• lap n. Een stuk van iets.
• lap w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lappen.
• lap w. Gebiedende wijs van lappen.
• lap w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lappen.
• Lap n. Bewoner van Lapland, Laplander. (De naam ’Lap’ wordt door…

— In French —

• lap pron. Rien.

354 English words from 80 English definitions

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19 English words from 20 foreign definitions

circuit deel door een Giron Lamer lap Lapland Laplander Lembo les naam one piste Plier Sport tour van Vuelta

2 foreign words from 80 English definitions

has␣been won␣in

30 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

Besar Bewoner Bij Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud enrouler Envelopper Envolver Forrar Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs genoux iets inversie Laper lappen persoon Regazo Rien Schoot snelheidswedstrijd stuk sur tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd tweede tweede␣persoon wijs wordt

453 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

lapa LAPD Lape Lapp laps lapt Lapan LAPAN lapas La␣Paz lapel Lapes Lapid lapin lapis lappa Lappa lapp'd Lapps lappy lapse lapsi lapta lapti Lapua lap␣up Lapage Lapans laparo- lapcat lap␣cat lapdog lap-dog lap␣dog Lapeer Lapège lapels LaPerm lapful Lapham laphet Lapica Lapids Lapier Lapine lapins Lapita Lapith Lapkus laplas +403 words

1130 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

alapa alaph alaps clape Clapp claps clapt flaps flapt klapa Klapp klaps OLAPs plaps slape Slape SLAPP slaps slapt alapas alaphs belaps clapes clap␣in clap␣on Clapps clappy clap␣up elapid elapse ex-laps flappy jalapa jalaps jilapi julaps Klapps malapi onlaps palapa Slapes SLAPPs slappy Slappy slap-up unlaps Xalapa beslaps burlaps calapee +1080 words

120 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

alap clap flap klap Llap LLAP OLAP plap slap aflap belap Delap ex-lap HOLAP in␣lap jalap julap MOLAP onlap ROLAP unlap beclap beslap burlap catlap cat-lap dewlap Dunlap earlap end␣lap gun␣lap out␣lap prelap unclap borelap catflap cat-flap cat␣flap cowflap dog␣flap earflap eyeflap flyflap headlap in␣a␣flap kerslap lip␣clap lip␣flap mudflap mud␣flap +70 words

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pal Pal PAL

9 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

alp ALP APL LPA pal Pal PAL Pla PLA

111 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

alap Alep ALIP alop ALPR alps Alps ALPs aplo- APLs APLS APML appl. Appl. ASPL calp clap DAPL e-pal flap galp GPAL halp klap lamp Lamp LAMP lapa LAPD Lape Lapp laps lapt larp LARP LATP laup LDAP leap Leap LEAP lipa Lipa Llap LLAP LPAs LPGA MPLA OLAP opal Opal +60 words

35 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. ap Ap AP ap. A&P la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. lp LP pa Pa PA Pa. p.a. pl PL pl. Pl. P&L P/L

124 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAP A.A.P. bap BAP cap Cap CAP dap DAP EAP fap FAP gap Gap GAP hap HAP IAP jap Jap JAP Jap. KAP lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. lac Lac LAc LAC lad LAD Lae LAE LαE lag LAG lah LAH lai Lai lak Lak LAK Lal LAL Lal. lam Lam LAM Lam. Lan LAN Lan. Lao lar LAr LAR las LAs lat LAT lat. Lat. lau Lau lav LAV law Law LAW lax Lax LAX lay Lay Laz LBP LDP lep LEP LFP LHP lip LIP lip- LLP LMP LNP L/NP lop Lop LPP LSP LTP LYP map MAP (+24 words)

16 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ap Ap AP ap. A&P la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. lp LP

14 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

lamp Lamp LAMP Lapp larp LARP LATP laup LDAP leap Leap LEAP Llap LLAP

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