Translations for „lapping“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

lap¹ [læp] N

to sit on sb's lap

usiąść komuś na kolanach

Phrases:

in the lap of the gods Brit

w ręku Boga

to live in the lap of luxury

żyć w luksusie

I . lap² [læp] N (in running)

lap

okrążenie nt

lap of honour

runda f honorowa

II . lap² <-pp-> [læp] VB trans

lap

dublować [perf z-]

III . lap² <-pp-> [læp] VB intr

lap

robić [perf z-] jedno okrążenie

I . lap³ <-pp-> [læp] VB trans

1. lap (drink):

lap

chłeptać [perf wy-]

2. lap (hit):

lap

uderzać

II . lap³ <-pp-> [læp] VB intr

to lap against sth

uderzać o coś

lap up VB trans

1. lap up (drink):

lap up

chłeptać [perf wy-]

2. lap up (accept):

lap up

upajać się

lap up story

chłonąć

to lap up the bargains

rzucić się na promocyjne towary

lap N

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Parents use devices to prevent kids from lapping up toilet water and creeping into the oven.

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Waves crash into the sand, a dishwater brown lapping-in.

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The folds of the jumper (sweater) alone mimic the rushing, lapping waves of the sea from where the boy probably just returned.

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The metal allows itself to be impregnated with the lapping media over a large flat surface.

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Lapping is a mode of feeding in which liquid or semiliquid food adhering to a protrusible organ, or tongue, is transferred from substrate to mouth.

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Wet suit encased surfers running their hands through disheveled bedheads as they scanned the horizon dragged their boards into the gentle lapping swell.

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During lapping, nectar is drawn up the proboscis by capillary action.

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Then again, even an image of waves lapping up on a tropical shore couldn't save an instant pineapple upside-down cake that was stocked in a supermarket freezer.

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