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Webster 1913 Edition

Lip

Lip

(lĭp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lippe
, AS.
lippa
; akin to D.
lip
, G.
lippe
,
lefze
, OHG.
lefs
, Dan.
læbe
, Sw.
läpp
, L.
labium
,
labrum
. Cf.
Labial
.]
1.
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.
Thine own
lips
testify against thee.
Job xv. 6.
2.
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout;
as, the
lip
of a vessel
.
3.
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
(b)
The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis
family. See
Orchidaceous
.
5.
(Zool.)
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
6.
Impudent or abusive talk;
as, don’t give me any of your
lip
.
[Slang]

Syn. – jaw.
Lip bit
,
a pod auger. See
Auger
.
–
Lip comfort
,
comfort that is given with words only.
–
Lip comforter
,
one who comforts with words only.
–
Lip labor
,
unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy.
Bale.
–
Lip reading
,
the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice.
Carpenter.
–
Lip salve
,
a salve for sore lips.
–
Lip service
,
expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.
–
Lip wisdom
,
wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.
–
Lip work
.
(a)
Talk.
(b)
Kissing.
[Humorous]
B. Jonson.
–
To make a lip
,
to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.
Shak.
–
To shoot out the lip
(Script.)
,
to show contempt by protruding the lip.

Lip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lipped
(lĭpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lipping
(-pĭng)
.]
1.
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.
The bubble on the wine which breaks
Before you
lip
the glass.
Praed.
A hand that kings
Have
lipped
and trembled kissing.
Shakespeare
2.
To utter; to speak.
[R.]
Keats.

Lip

,
Verb.
T.
To clip; to trim.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lip

LIP

,
Noun.
[L. labium, labrum.]
1.
The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts, composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man, the lips, which may be opened or closed at pleasure, form the covering of the teeth, and are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence the lips, by a figure, denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Job. 2.
2.
The edge of any thing; as the lip of a vessel.
3.
In botany, one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corol. The upper is called the helmet, and the lower the beard. Also, an appendage to the flowers of the orchises, considered by Linne as a nectary.
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.

LIP

,
Verb.
T.
To kiss.

Definition 2024

lip

lip

See also: LIP, líp, and lip-

English

Lips.

Noun

lip ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lips)

  1. (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
    • Bible, Jeb. xv. 6
      Thine own lips testify against thee.
  2. (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
  2. (countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
  3. (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
    Don’t give me any lip!
  4. The edge of a high spot of land.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 12
      They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river’s lip. Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.
    • 1894, David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, Chapter VII
      We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip of the Falls. On reaching that lip, and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.
  5. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
  6. (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
  7. (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
  8. (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
  9. (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

part of body resembling a lip

Verb

lip ‎(third-person singular simple present lips, present participle lipping, simple past and past participle lipped)

  1. To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.
    • Praed
      The bubble on the wine which breaks / Before you lip the glass.
    • Shakespeare
      A hand that kings / Have lipped and trembled kissing.
  2. To utter verbally.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Keats to this entry?)
  3. To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.
  4. (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪp
  • IPA(key): /lɪp/

Noun

lip f ‎(plural lippen, diminutive lipje n)

  1. lip (part of the mouth)
  2. lip (of a container)

Related terms

Anagrams

Gallo

Noun

lip ? (plural lips)

  1. lip

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲip]

Noun

lip m ‎(diminutive lipk)

  1. glue, birdlime

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

lip

  1. second-person singular imperative of lipaś

Alternative forms

  • lipaj

Polish

Noun

lip

  1. genitive plural of lipa

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

Adjective

lip

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) nice, pretty

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English leaf

Noun

lip

  1. leaf
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:30 (translation here):
      Tasol mi givim ol grinpela lip na gras samting olsem kaikai bilong olgeta bikpela na liklik animal na bilong olgeta pisin.” Orait ol dispela samting i kamap olsem God i tok.
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Etymology

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 West Frisian lippe ‎(“lip”), Dutch lip ‎(“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze ‎(“lip”), Swedish läpp ‎(“lip”), Norwegian leppe ‎(“lip”), Latin labium ‎(“lip”), Russian целова́ть ‎(celovátʹ, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lĭp, IPA(key): /lɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

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