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LAPPING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

Synonyms:

imbrication; lapping; overlapping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lapping" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb lap

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 Context examples: 

And to the second:—I can hear the waves lapping against the ship, and the water rushing by. Canvas and cordage strain and masts and yards creak.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At sunset time he hypnotised me, and he says that I answered as usual "darkness, lapping water and creaking wood"; so our enemy is still on the river.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Van Helsing seemed to throw his whole soul into the effort; at last, in obedience to his will she made reply:—"All is dark. I hear lapping water, level with me, and some creaking as of wood on wood."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Usually she speaks on a hint; but this time the Professor had to ask her questions, and to ask them pretty resolutely, before we could learn anything; at last her answer came:—I can see nothing; we are still; there are no waves lapping, but only a steady swirl of water softly running against the hawser.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)