What is the meaning of lapping?

noun

• Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles.
  • synonyms: imbrication, overlapping

verb

• Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another.
  • synonyms: lap
• Pass the tongue over.
  • usage: "the dog licked her hand"
  • synonyms: lick, lap
• Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.
  • usage: "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
  • synonyms: lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
• Take up with the tongue.
  • usage: "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
  • synonyms: lap, lap up, lick
• Wash or flow against.
  • usage: "the waves laved the shore"
  • synonyms: lave, lap, wash