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		laplap2 verb (lapped, lapping) ETYMOLOGYlap2Origin:  (1-2) Old English lapian (3) 1200-1300 Probably from  ➔ LAP1(1) in the earlier meaning  fold, piece of cloth   VERB TABLElap |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | lap |   | he, she, it | laps |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lapped |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lapped |   | he, she, it | has lapped |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lapped |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lap |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lapped |  
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 | Present | I | am lapping |   | he, she, it | is lapping |   | you, we, they | are lapping |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was lapping |   | you, we, they | were lapping |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lapping |   | he, she, it | has been lapping |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lapping |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lapping |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lapping |  
    THESAURUS to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it► drink to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it:  What do you want to drink? Charlie drinks too much coffee. ► sip to drink something in very small amounts:  The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully. ► take a sip to drink a small amount of a liquid:  Take a sip of this and tell me how it tastes. ► slurp to drink something in a noisy way:  Stop slurping your soup. ► gulp (down) to drink all of something very quickly:  Ed gulped down the water and asked for another glass. ► imbibe formal to drink something, especially alcohol or something else that affects your body. Used especially in literature or scientific writing:  Levels of the hormone go up in women two hours after imbibing alcohol. ► lap (up) if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue:  The cat quickly lapped up all the milk in the bowl.   1  [intransitive, transitive] if water laps something or laps against something such as the shore or a boat, it moves against it or hits it in small waves: lap at/over/against etc. We sat on the shore and let the warm water lap over our feet.2[intransitive, transitive] if an animal laps something, it drinks it by making small tongue movements SYN lap up► see thesaurus at drink13a)[transitive] to pass a competitor in a race after having completed a whole lap more than they have:  Schumacher lapped everyone in the Grand Prix. b)[intransitive, transitive] to make a single trip around a track, racecourse, etc. in a particular time4[intransitive, transitive] formal if one thing laps another, a part of one covers part of the other SYN overlap5[transitive always + adv./prep.] literary to fold or wrap something around something else—lapping noun [uncountable]lap something ↔ up phrasal verb1to enjoy or believe something without criticizing or doubting it at all:  The children lapped up their grandfather’s stories.2if an animal laps something up, it drinks it by making small tongue movements3to drink all of something eagerly  |