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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. take up with the tongue;
- Example: "The cat lapped up the milk"
- Example: "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
[syn: lap, lap up, lick]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lap up \lap up\, v. t. [See lap, v. i.]
   1. To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by
      licking up.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (fig.) To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and
      uncritically; as, to lap up praise.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lap up
    v 1: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the
         cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap,
         lap up, lick]