Definitions for Lip
lɪplip

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lipnoun

   either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

2. lipnoun

   (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

3. sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouthnoun

   an impudent or insolent rejoinder

   "don't give me any of your sass"

4. brim, rim, lipnoun

   the top edge of a vessel or other container

5. lipnoun

   either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lipnoun

   backtalk, verbal impertinence.

   Don't give me any lip!

2. lipnoun

   The rim of an open container.

   Don't give me any lip!

3. lipnoun

   Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

   Don't give me any lip!

4. lipnoun

   A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

5. lipverb

   To touch with the lips, notably kiss or lick, lap the lips against something

6. lipverb

   To utter verbally

7. lipverb

   To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader

8. lipverb

   to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in

9. Etymology: From lippe, from lippa, lippe, from lepjōn, from leb-. Cognate with lip, lip, Lippe and Lefze, läpp, leppe, labium, лобзать.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lipnoun

   Etymology: lippe , Saxon.

   1. The outer part of the mouth, the muscles that shoot beyond the teeth, which are of so much use in speaking, that they are used for all the organs of speech.

   Those happiest smiles
   That play’d on her ripe lip, seem’d not to know
   What guests were in her eyes. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   No falshood shall defile my lips with lies,
   Or with a vail of truth disguise. George Sandys, Paraph. on Job.

   Her lips blush deeper sweets. James Thomson, Spring.

   2. The edge of any thing.

   In many places is a ridge of mountains some distance from the sea, and a plain from their roots to the shore; which plain was formerly covered by the sea, which bounded against those hills as its first ramparts, or as the ledges or lips of its vessel. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   In wounds, the lips sink and are flaccid; a gleet followeth, and the flesh within withers. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   3. To make a lip; to hang the lip in sullenness and contempt.

   A letter for me! It gives me an estate of seven years health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

2. To Lipverb

   To kiss. Obsolete.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   A hand, that kings
   Have lipt, and trembled kissing. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

   Oh! ’tis the fiend’s arch mock,
   To lip a wanton, and suppose her chaste. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lip

   The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be an erogenous zone when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lip

   A lip is either of the two fleshy parts that form the upper and lower edges of the mouth in humans and many other animals. It acts as a surrounding margin to the mouth and plays a crucial role in facial expressions, communication, eating, and drinking. Lips also have a high concentration of nerve endings, making them a sensitive organ. In a broader classification, a 'lip' can also refer to a projecting edge on a container or other object.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lipnoun

   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. Lipnoun

   an edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel

3. Lipnoun

   the sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger

4. Lipnoun

   one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla

5. Lipnoun

   the odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous

6. Lipnoun

   one of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell

7. Lipverb

   to touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss

8. Lipverb

   to utter; to speak

9. Lipverb

   to clip; to trim

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lip

   Lips are a visible body part at the mouth of humans and many animals. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be erogenous when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lip

   lip, n. the muscular border in front of the teeth by which things are taken into the mouth; the edge of anything: (slang) impudent talk, insolence: (pl.) speech as passing through the lips.—v.t. to touch with the lips: to utter with the lips.—v.i. to apply the lips to the mouthpiece of an instrument.—adj. Lip′born, from the lips only: not genuine.—ns. Lip′-devō′tion, prayer of the lips without devotion in the heart; Lip′-hom′age, insincere homage; Lip′-lā′bour, empty speech; Lip′-lang′uage, oral or articulate language, communicated by motions of the lips, as opposed to the fingers, in teaching or conversing with the deaf and dumb; Lip′let, a little lip; Lip′-or′nament, an object inserted as an ornament in the lip, common among savage tribes.—adj. Lipped, having lips, or edges like lips, labiate.—ns. Lip′-read′ing, reading what a person says from the movement of the lips, in the instruction of the deaf and dumb; Lip′-serv′ice, service with the lips only: insincere devotion or worship; Lip′-wis′dom, wisdom in words only, not in deeds.—Bite the lip, to press the lips between the teeth to keep one's self from betraying vexation, anger, &c.; Curl of the lip, the causing the lip to curl as an indication of scorn; Hang the lip, to be sullen or sulky; Make a lip (Shak.), to pout in sullenness or contempt. [A.S. lippa; Dut. lip, Ger. lippe, L. labium, not conn. with L. lambĕre, Eng. lap.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lip

   Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lip

   Insolence and bounce.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lip

   A feature on the face of an animal or human being.

   Our lips are beautiful shapes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 25, 2020  

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Matched Categories

1. • Articulator
   • Botany
   • Edge
   • External Body Part
   • Margin
   • Plant Part
   • Rejoinder

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lip' in Nouns Frequency: #710

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lip in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Lip in a Sentence

1. Ken MacQuarrie:

   During the physical attack Oisin Tymon was struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip.

2. John Logsdon:

   Well, are they really framing it as a race? I didnt hear a whole lot of that in what Pence had to say, i think its more, this is taking too long on our own terms, not that weve got to go faster because were racing somebody. I think you have to pay kind of lip service to the fact that Russia and China also are interested in major space activities, but say its really a challenge to us to do better.

3. Jenny Lee Maldonado:

   When I give Lyric Drumgoole a kiss on the cheek, I feel like Lyric Drumgoole cheeks are like a porcupine, i just feel like my mouth got a lip full of porcupine needles.

4. South Dakota:

   I think there are technical and political reasons that they can't do this next week, but I just don't think they've come to that conclusion yet because they can not afford to, they have to keep a stiff upper lip.

5. Michael Winner:

   Richard Todd was the most wonderful type of British stiff upper lip acting

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lip
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lip
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lip
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lip
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Lip
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Lip
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Lip