lapping

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

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

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

“to lap a piece of cloth”

To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

“to lap a bandage around a finger”

To envelop, enfold

“lapped in luxury”

To wind around

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

“One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.”

To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

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

“The boats lap; the edges lap.”

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.

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

“Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.”

(of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

(bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.

The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.

The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.

The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.