Lip Definition
lĭp
lipped, lipping, lips
noun
lips
Either of the two fleshy folds forming the edges of the mouth.
Webster's New World
A structure or part that encircles or bounds an orifice, as:
American Heritage Medicine
Anything like a lip, as in structure or in being an edge, rim, or margin.
Webster's New World
The position and use of the lips in playing a wind instrument; embouchure.
Webster's New World
One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified median petal of an orchid flower.
American Heritage
verb
lipped, lipping, lips
To touch with the lips.
Webster's New World
To kiss.
American Heritage
To come just to the edge of (the cup)
Webster's New World
To utter.
American Heritage
To lap or splash against.
American Heritage
adjective
Articulated with a lip or the lips; labial.
A lip consonant.
Webster's New World
Of or for the lips.
Webster's New World
From the lips only; spoken, but insincere.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
prefix
Alternative (shortened) form of lipo-
Wiktionary
idiom
bite one's lip
- to keep back one's anger, annoyance, etc.
Webster's New World
hang on the lips of
- to listen to with close attention
Webster's New World
keep a stiff upper lip
- to bear pain or distress bravely or stoically
Webster's New World
one's lips are sealed
- one is determined to keep a secret or keep quiet
Webster's New World
smack one's lips
- to express great satisfaction in anticipating or remembering something pleasant
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Lip
Noun
Singular:
lip
Plural:
lipsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lip
- bite one's lip
- hang on the lips of
- keep a stiff upper lip
- one's lips are sealed
- smack one's lips
Origin of Lip
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From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippe, lippa (“lip"), from Proto-Germanic *lipjô (“lip"), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag"). Cognate with Eastern Frisian lip (“lip"), Dutch lip (“lip"), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip"), Swedish läpp (“lip"), Norwegian leppe (“lip"), Latin labium (“lip"), Russian to kiss (to kiss).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English lippa leb- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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