Lap vs. Wrap

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.

cover or enclose in paper or soft material

The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.

cause (a word or unit of text) to be carried over to a new line automatically as the margin is reached, or to fit around embedded features such as pictures

The portion of a garment that covers the lap.

finish filming or recording

A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

a loose outer garment or piece of material

An area of responsibility, interest, or control

the end of a session of filming or recording

A part that overlaps.

a tortilla wrapped around a cold filling, eaten as a sandwich.

The amount by which one part overlaps another.

To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection

One complete round or circuit, especially of a racetrack.

To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about

One complete length of a straight course, as of a swimming pool.

To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten

A segment or stage, as of a trip.

To clasp, fold, or coil about something

A length, as of rope, required to make one complete turn around something.

To move (text that will not fit on a line) automatically to the following line.

The act of lapping or encircling.

To envelop and obscure

A continuous band or layer of cotton, flax, or other fiber.

To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere

A wheel, disk, or slab of leather or metal, either stationary or rotating, used for polishing and smoothing.

To engross

The act or an instance of lapping.

To coil or twist about or around something

The amount taken in by lapping.

To be moved automatically to the following line upon reaching a margin. Used of text.

The sound of lapping.

To put on warm clothing. Usually used with up.

A watery food or drink.

To conclude filming

To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another

A garment to be wrapped or folded about a person, especially an outer garment such as a robe, cloak, shawl, or coat.

To lie partly over or on

A blanket.

To fold (something) over onto itself

A wrapping or wrapper.

To wrap or wind around (something); encircle.

A flatbread, such as a tortilla or lavash, rolled around a filling. Also called roll-up.

To envelop in something; swathe

The completion of filming on a movie.

To join (pieces, as of wood) by means of a scarf or lap joint.

(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

(Sports) To get ahead of (an opponent) in a race by one or more complete circuits of the course, as in running, or by two or more lengths of a pool in swimming.

(transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

To convert (cotton or other fibers) into a sheet or layer.

(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

To polish (a surface) until smooth.

To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

To hone (two mating parts) against each other until closely fitted.

(lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

To lie partly on or over something; overlap.

To make functionality available through a software wrapper.

To form a lap or fold.

(transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

To wind around or enfold something.

Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

To take in (a liquid or food) by lifting it with the tongue.

A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.

To wash or slap against with soft liquid sounds

An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.

To take in a liquid or food with the tongue.

A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

To wash against something with soft liquid sounds.

(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.

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

A wraparound mortgage.

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

A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.

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

To snatch up; transport; - chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering

To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.

The upper legs of a seated person.

To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; - often with up.

The female pudenda.

To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.

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

A wrapper; - often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

The act or process of lapping.

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

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

a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

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

the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

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).

arrange or fold as a cover or protection;

(sports) One circuit around a race track.

wrap or coil around;

(swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.

enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;

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.

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

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.

The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.

Liquor; alcoholic drink.

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

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

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

(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

(transitive) to envelop, enfold

(intransitive) to wind around

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

clipping of laparoscopic

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The sound of lapping.

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

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

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

To wrap or wind around something.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

the upper side of the thighs of a seated person;

an area of control or responsibility;

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

a flap that lies over another part;

movement once around a course;

touching with the tongue;

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

pass the tongue over;

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

take up with the tongue;

wash or flow against;