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1. (n.) lip
either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth.
2. lip
Usu., lips. these parts as organs of speech:
I heard it from his own lips.
3. lip
a projecting edge on a container or other hollow object:
the lip of a pitcher.
4. lip
any edge or rim.
5. lip
the edge of an opening or cavity, as of a canyon or a wound.
6. lip
Slang. impudent talk; back talk.
7. lip
a liplike anatomical part or structure; labium.
8. lip
Bot. a labium or labellum.
9. lip
the position and arrangement of lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument; embouchure.
10. (adj.) lip
of or for the lips:
lip ointment.
11. lip
made with the lips:
to read lip movements.
12. lip
superficial or insincere:
to offer lip praise.
13. (v.t.) lip
to touch with the lips.
14. lip
to utter, esp. softly.
15. lip
to kiss.
16. lip
to hit a golf ball over the rim of (the hole).
17. (v.i.) lip
to use the lips in playing a wind instrument.
18. lip
to face misfortune bravely and resolutely.
19. lip
to suppress the display of any emotion.
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| Definition of 'LIP' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lip
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
2. (noun) lip
(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
3. (noun) sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"don't give me any of your sass"
4. (noun) brim, rim, lip
the top edge of a vessel or other container
5. (noun) lip
either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
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1. (noun) lip
one of the two soft parts on the edges of your mouth
He kissed her on the lips.
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| Definition of 'LIP' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) LIP
one of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself
2. (noun) LIP
an edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel
3. (noun) LIP
the sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger
4. (noun) LIP
one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla
5. (noun) LIP
the odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous
6. (noun) LIP
one of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell
7. (verb) LIP
to touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss
8. (verb) LIP
to utter; to speak
9. (verb) LIP
to clip; to trim
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| Definition of 'LIP' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. LIP
Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth.
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Sense: either of the folds of flesh which form the edge of the mouth
She bit her lip.
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 Afrikaans: lip |
 Arabic: شَفه |
 Bulgarian: устна |
 Brazilian: lábio |
 Czech: ret |
 German: die Lippe |
 Danish: læbe |
 Greek: χείλος |
 Spanish: labio |
 Estonian: huul |
 Farsi: لب |
 Finnish: huuli |
 French: lèvre |
 Hebrew: שָׂפָה |
 Hindi: होंठ |
 Croatian: usna |
 Hungarian: ajak |
 Indonesian: bibir |
 Icelandic: vör |
 Italian: labbro |
 Japanese: くちびる |
 Korean: 입술 |
 Lithuanian: lūpa |
 Latvian: lūpa |
 Malay: bibir |
 Dutch: lip |
 Norwegian: leppe |
 Polish: warga |
 Persian: لب |
 Pashto: لب |
 Portuguese: lábio |
 Romanian: buză |
 Russian: губа |
 Slovak: pera |
 Slovenian: ustnica |
 Serbian: usna |
 Swedish: läpp |
 Thai: ริมฝีปาก |
 Turkish: dudak |
 Taiwanese: 嘴唇 |
 Ukrainian: губа |
 Urdu: ہونٹ |
 Vietnamese: môi |
 Chinese: 嘴唇 |
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