Lap (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Swish
• Swosh
• Swoosh

Hypernyms

• Go

Meaning ²

Pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Lick

Hypernyms

• Stroke

Hyponyms

• Tongue

Related Words

• Lap (noun)

Meaning ³

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

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Lick
• Lap Up

Hypernyms

• Imbibe

Related Words

• Lap (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another.

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Related Words

• Lap (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Wash
• Lave

Hypernyms

• Flow