Hold and Lap

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Lap and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lap" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Lap verb - To flow along or against.

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Hold and lap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Lap".

Nearby Words: lapped, lapping

full	full hold	full lap
long	long hold	long lap
proper	proper hold	proper lap
single	single hold	single lap
Other adjectives: actual, entire, final, last.

Pietà Plagiarism: Both Jughead and Kevin hold Archie's lifeless body in this way while the former cradles it in his lap as the entire crowd weeps and holds each other close.

Source: Comic Book / Life with Archie: The Married Life
Her job is to hold Math fab Mathonwy's feet in her lap, since he would die otherwise.

Source: Defiled Forever
Older Than Feudalism, amazingly enough: In book three of The Aeneid, Ascanius, Aeneas' son, is young enough for Dido to hold him on her lap.

Source: Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome

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