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What's The Definition Of Lip?
[n] the top edge of a vessel
[n] fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth [n] an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lip: back talk | backtalk | brim | mouth | rim | sass | sassing Related Terms | Find terms related to Lip: aerophone | answer back | articulate | back talk | backchat | bagpipe | bank | bell | bilge | blain | bleb | blister | blob | blow | blow a horn | board | border | bordure | boss | bow | breathe | brim | brink | brow | bubble | bugle | bulb | bulge | bulla | bump | bunch | burl | buss | button | cahot | carillon | chime | chine | chorus | clarion | clump | coast | come out with | communicate | condyle | convex | convey | deliver | disclose | doodle | double reed | double-tongue | dowel | ear | edge | embouchure | emit | enunciate | express | featheredge | fife | flange | flap | fling off | flute | formulate | frame | fringe | gall | give | give expression | give out with | give tongue | give utterance | give voice | gnarl | handle | hem | hill | horn | hump | hunch | impart | jaw | jog | joggle | key | knob | knot | knur | knurl | labellum | labium | labrum | lap | lave | ledge | let out | limb | limbus | list | loop | lump | marge | margin | mole | mountain | mouth | mouthpiece | nevus | nub | nubbin | nubble | osculate | out with | papilloma | peck | peg | phonate | phrase | pipe | pour forth | present | pronounce | provoke | put forth | put in words | ragged edge | raise | reed | rib | ridge | rim | ring | sass | sassiness | sauce | sauciness | say | selvage | set forth | shore | shoulder | side | sideline | skirt | slide | smack | smooch | sound | spine | stud | style | tab | talk back | tell | throw off | tongue | toot | tooter | tootle | triple-tongue | trumpet | tubercle | tubercule | tweedle | utter | valve | verbalize | verge | verruca | vesicle | vocalize | voice | wale | wart | wash | welt | whisper | whistle | wind | wind instrument | wind the horn | word See Also | arteria labialis | articulator | cheek | comeback | counter | edge | external body part | impertinence | impudence | labial artery | labial vein | labium | mouth | rejoinder | replication | retort | return | riposte | vena labialis | vessel Lip In Webster's Dictionary \Lip\ (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G.
lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l["a]pp, 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. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
{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\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lipped} (l[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lipping} (-p[i^]ng).] 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. --Shak. 2. To utter; to speak. [R.] --Keats. \Lip\, v. t. To clip; to trim. [Obs.] --Holland. |
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