1. (

• lap

) lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another ;

2. (

• lick ,
• lap

) pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" ;

3. (

• lap ,
• swish ,
• swosh ,
• swoosh

) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" ;

4. (

• lap ,
• lap_up ,
• lick

) take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" ;

5. (

• lave ,
• lap ,
• wash ,

) wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" ;