lip


Definition: Meaning of, lip in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lɪp /

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lip lips
  1. [countable] one of the two soft parts around your mouth where your skin is redder or darker
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  2. [countable] the edge of a hollow or deep place in the land
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  3. [countable usually singular] the edge of something you use to hold or pour liquid [=  rim]
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  4. [uncountable] informal talk that is not polite or respectful - used especially by adults to children [=  cheek]
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  5. my lips are sealed spoken used to say that you will not tell anyone about a secret
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  6. on everyone's lips being talked about by everyone
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lip used in phrases

  • Alabama lip fern (noun)
    1. southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica
  • cleft lip (noun)
    1. a split in someone's upper lip, that they are born with
  • hairy lip fern (noun)
    1. small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly
  • lip balm (noun)
    1. a substance used to protect dry lips
  • lip gloss (noun)
    1. a substance used to make lips look very shiny
  • lip off (verb)
    1. speak spontaneously and without restraint
  • lip reader (noun)
    1. someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips
  • lip rouge (noun)
    1. makeup that is used to colour the lips
  • lip salve (noun)
    1. British English a substance used to make sore lips feel better
  • lip service (noun)
    1. pay lip service to somebody/something to say that you support or agree with something without doing anything to prove it
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