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lap covering |
lap joint |
lap of honour |
lap of luxury |
lap of the gods |
lap up
| lap-jointed
| lap-strake
| lap-straked
| lap-streak
| lap-streaked
lap up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb lap up has 1 sense
- lap up(v = verb.consumption) lap, lick - take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" is one way to drink, imbibe
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
- To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up. [1913 Webster]
- To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically. [PJC]
THESAURUS
lap up
and sinker, be a sucker, be taken in, bib, bite, devour, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink off, drink up, eat up, fall for, follow strong drink, gargle, go for, gobble up, grog, gulp down, guzzle, imbibe, knock back, lap, lick, line, nibble, nip, quaff, sip, slurp, soak, soak up, sponge up, sup, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow whole, swing at, take the bait, tipple, tope, toss down, toss off, tumble forROGET THESAURUS
lap up
Clothing
VB invest, cover, envelope, lap, involve, inwrap, enwrap, wrap, fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up, overlap, sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest, vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out, deck, perk, equip, harness, caparison, wear, don, put on, huddle on, slip on, mantle.
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