English Explanatory Dictionary

lip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
  2. A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
  3. The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
  4. Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
  5. The edge of a high spot of land.
  6. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
  7. One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
  8. A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
  9. One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
  10. Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
  11. Clipping of lipstick.
verb
  1. To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
  2. To touch lightly.
  3. To wash against a surface, lap.
  4. To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
  5. To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
  6. To utter verbally.
  7. To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
  8. To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
  9. To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of large igneous province.
  2. Abbreviation of litigant in person.

Pronunciation

lĭp /lɪp/ En-us-lip.ogg

Word forms

lip lips lipping lipped lipt

Etymology

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lippe (“lip”), West Frisian lippe (“lip”), Dutch lip (“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip”), Low German Lippe (“lip”), Luxembourgish Lëps (“lip”), Vilamovian łyp (“lip”), Yiddish ליפּ (lip, “lip”), Danish læbe (“lip”), Norwegian Bokmål leppe (“lip”), Norwegian Nynorsk leppa, leppe, lippa, lippe (“lip”), Swedish läpp (“lip”), Latin labium (“lip”).

Synonyms

labium edge rim spout backchat cheek impudence rudeness insolence

Derived words

Austrian lip bite one's lip black lip blacklip blubber-lip boot lip bootlip bushlip button one's lip button up one's lip chessel cleft lip cunt lips fat lip flap one's lips your lips to God's ears give lip goldlip Habsburg lip hang one's lip hare lip harelip keep one's lips sealed lick one's lips lip balm lip bear lip bit lip cell lip clap lipcoat lip color lip comfort lipcurl lip-deep lip devotion lip dub lip duo lip fern lip flap lip flip lip gloss lip homage lip job lip-labour lip language lipless liplet liplike lipline lipliner lip liner lip lock lip-lock liplock lip-locked lip off lip out lippage lipped lip-pierced
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