Lap vs. Overlap

Lapnoun

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lapnoun

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

Lapnoun

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered

Lapnoun

(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering

Lapnoun

The upper legs of a seated person.

Lapnoun

The female pudenda.

Lapnoun

(construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

Lapnoun

The act or process of lapping.

Lapnoun

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.

Lapnoun

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.

Lapnoun

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).

Lapnoun

(sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool

Lapnoun

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; — so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

Lapnoun

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

Lapnoun

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.

Lapverb

(transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

Lapverb

(transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

Lapverb

(transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

Lapverb

(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

Lapverb

(transitive) to envelop, enfold

Lapverb

(intransitive) to wind around

Lapverb

(transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

Lapverb

(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

Lapverb

(intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

Lapverb

(transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

Lapverb

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

Lapverb

(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Lapverb

To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

Lapnoun

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lapnoun

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

Lapnoun

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.

Lapnoun

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

Lapnoun

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

Lapnoun

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

Lapnoun

One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.

Lapnoun

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; - so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

Lapnoun

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

Lapnoun

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

Lapnoun

The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

Lapnoun

The sound of lapping.

Lapverb

To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

Lapverb

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

Lapverb

To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

Lapverb

To wrap or wind around something.

Lapverb

To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

Lapverb

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.

Lapverb

To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

Lapverb

To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.

Lapverb

To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Lapverb

To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

Lapverb

To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Lapnoun

the upper side of the thighs of a seated person;

Lapnoun

an area of control or responsibility;

Lapnoun

the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;

Lapnoun

a flap that lies over another part;

Lapnoun

movement once around a course;

Lapnoun

touching with the tongue;

Lapverb

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

Lapverb

pass the tongue over;

Lapverb

move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound;

Lapverb

take up with the tongue;

Lapverb

wash or flow against;

Lap

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.In some countries where Christmas is celebrated, it has been a tradition for children to sit on the lap of a person dressed as Santa Claus to tell Santa what they want for Christmas, and have their picture taken, but this practice has since been questioned in some of these countries, where this sort of contact between children and unfamiliar adults raises concerns.Among adults, a person sitting on the lap of another usually indicates an intimate or romantic relationship between the two; this is a factor in the erotic activity in strip clubs known as a lap dance, where one person straddles the lap of the other and gyrates their lower extremities in a provocative manner.A Lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar played in a sitting position with the instrument placed horizontally across the player's knees.

Overlapverb

To extend over and partly cover something.

Overlapverb

To have an area, range, character or function in common.

Overlapverb

(mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.

Overlapverb

(genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

Overlapnoun

Something that overlaps or is overlapped

Overlapnoun

(rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.

Overlapnoun

The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.

Overlapverb

To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.

Overlapverb

To cover part of.

Overlapverb

To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.

Overlapverb

To have the ending time of one period or process extend beyond the beginning time of another period or process; as, the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt overlapped by several decades.

Overlapnoun

The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

Overlapnoun

An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Overlapnoun

a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena;

Overlapnoun

the property of partial coincidence in time

Overlapnoun

a flap that lies over another part;

Overlapverb

coincide partially or wholly;

Overlapverb

extend over and cover a part of;

Overlapverb

extend over so as to cover partly

Overlapverb

cover part of the same area of interest, responsibility, etc.

Overlapverb

partly coincide in time

Overlapnoun

a part or amount which overlaps

Overlapnoun

a common area of interest, responsibility, etc.

Overlapnoun

a period of time in which two events or activities happen together