Synonyms of the word

lapel

• n. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a…

lap

• n. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
• n. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
• n. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person…
• n. (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering.
• n. The upper legs of a seated person.
• n. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.
• n. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
• v. (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
• v. (transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
• v. (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
• v. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up.
• v. (transitive) to envelop, enfold.
• v. (intransitive) to wind around.
• v. (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
• v. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
• v. (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
• v. (transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
• v. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
• n. The act or process of lapping.
• n. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
• n. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent…
• n. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance…
• n. (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool.
• n. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;…
• n. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
• n. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion…
• v. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

overlap

• v. To extend over and partly cover something.
• v. To have an area, range, character or function in common.
• v. (mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.
• v. (genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
• n. Something that overlaps or is overlapped.
• n. (rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line…