lip

[Lip]

Your lips are the external, fleshy part of your mouth. You have a top lip and a bottom lip. Lips are what make kissing possible.

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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.

Noun
the top edge of a vessel

Noun
fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth

Noun
an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don''t give me any of your sass"

n.
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.

n.
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

n.
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

n.
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

n.
The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.

n.
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

v. t.
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

v. t.
To utter; to speak.

v. t.
To clip; to trim.

Lip

Lip , n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l'91be, Sw. l'84pp, 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.

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'94l.) 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. -- Lip 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

Lip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lipping .] 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.

A hand that kings Have lipped and trembled kissing.

2. To utter; to speak. [R.] Keats.

Lip

Lip, v. t. To clip; to trim. [Obs.] Holland.

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.

To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

To clip; to trim.

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Usage Examples

I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time.

I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.

A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

I put on lip balm first thing in the morning and always use it before I swipe on my red lipstick.

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.