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Webster 1913 Edition

Sip

Sip

(sĭp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sipped
(sĭpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sipping
.]
[OE.
sippen
; akin to OD.
sippen
, and AS.
s[GREEK]pan
to sip, suck up, drink. See
Sup
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
as, to
sip
tea
.
“Every herb that sips the dew.”
Milton.
2.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up;
as, a bee
sips
nectar from the flowers
.
3.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
[Poetic]
They skim the floods, and
sip
the purple flowers.
Dryden.

Sip

,
Verb.
I.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;
Then,
sipping
, offered to the next in place.
Dryden.

Sip

,
Noun.
1.
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
2.
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
One
sip
of this
Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight
Beyond the bliss of dreams.
Milton.
A
sip
is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sip

SIP

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To take a fluid into the mouth in small quantities by the lips; as, to sip wine; to sip tea or coffee.
2.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities. Every herb that sips the dew.
3.
To draw into the mouth ; to extract; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
4.
To drink out of. They skim the floods, and sip the purple flow'rs.

Definition 2024

şip

şip

See also: sip, síp, Síp, and šíp

Crimean Tatar

Noun

şip

  1. hip, thorn.
  2. tenon, pin.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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