v. 1 Often, lap up. lick up, tongue; sip, drink In a moment, the cat had lapped all the cream from the saucer 2 wash, splash, ripple, plash, purl The water rose till it was lapping at the doorstep 3 lap up. a consume, drink, eat The dog lapped up every last scrap of food b accept, believe, credit, fall for, Colloq swallow (whole), buy She lapped up Felix's sob story and invited him in at once
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Meaning of LAP in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012