lap

To touch something again and again in small, gentle waves, as water does.

• Small waves lapped against the side of the boat.
  Küçük dalgalar teknenin kenarına hafif hafif vuruyordu.
• The sea gently lapped the shore below our hotel.
  Deniz, otelimizin aşağısındaki kıyıyı usulca yalıyordu.

To drink by taking up liquid with the tongue, as cats and dogs do.

• The cat lapped the milk from the saucer.
  Kedi sütü tabaktan yalayarak içti.
• The thirsty dog lapped noisily at the bowl of water.
  Susamış köpek kaptaki suyu şapır şapır içti.

To pass a competitor in a race who is a whole lap behind you.

• The leader had lapped half the field by the end of the race.
  Lider, yarışın sonunda rakiplerin yarısına tur bindirmişti.
• She was so fast that she lapped two runners in the 10,000 metres.
  O kadar hızlıydı ki 10.000 metrede iki koşucuya tur bindirdi.