Definition of lip Lip
/lɪˈp/ - [lip] - lip
We found 27 definitions of lip from 8 different sources.
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What does lip mean?
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NounPlural: lips |
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| lip - either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking | ||
| external body part any body part visible externally | ||
| articulator a movable speech organ | ||
| mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" | ||
| overlip the upper lip | ||
| underlip the lower lip | ||
| arteria labialis, labial artery an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth | ||
| lip - (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx | ||
| plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus | ||
| lip - either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | ||
| lip - an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" | ||
| sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, mouth | ||
| comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, counter, return return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity | ||
| lip - the top edge of a vessel or other container | ||
| brim, rim | ||
| edge a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" | ||
| vessel a craft designed for water transportation | ||
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Wiktionary 
- lip (Noun)
Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. - lip (Noun)
A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. - lip (Noun)
The rim of an open container. - lip (Noun)
Backtalk, verbal impertinence. - lip (Verb)
To touch with the lips, notably kiss or lick, lap the lips against something. - lip (Verb)
To utter verbally. - lip (Verb)
To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader. - lip (Verb)
To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lip (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. - lip (n.)
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. - lip (n.)
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. - lip (n.)
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. - lip (n.)
The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous. - lip (n.)
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. - lip (v. t.)
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss. - lip (v. t.)
To utter; to speak. - lip (v. t.)
To clip; to trim.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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lip
Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lip
lip, n. the muscular border in front of the teeth by which things are taken into the mouth; the edge of anything: (slang) impudent talk, insolence: (pl.) speech as passing through the lips.—v.t. to touch with the lips: to utter with the lips.—v.i. to apply the lips to the mouthpiece of an instrument.—adj. Lip′born, from the lips only: not genuine.—ns. Lip′-devō′tion, prayer of the lips without devotion in the heart; Lip′-hom′age, insincere homage; Lip′-lā′bour, empty speech; Lip′-lang′uage, oral or articulate language, communicated by motions of the lips, as opposed to the fingers, in teaching or conversing with the deaf and dumb; Lip′let, a little lip; Lip′-or′nament, an object inserted as an ornament in the lip, common among savage tribes.—adj. Lipped, having lips, or edges like lips, labiate.—ns. Lip′-read′ing, reading what a person says from the movement of the lips, in the instruction of the deaf and dumb; Lip′-serv′ice, service with the lips only: insincere devotion or worship; Lip′-wis′dom, wisdom in words only, not in deeds.—Bite the lip, to press the lips between the teeth to keep one's self from betraying vexation, anger, &c.; Curl of the lip, the causing the lip to curl as an indication of scorn; Hang the lip, to be sullen or sulky; Make a lip (Shak.), to pout in sullenness or contempt. [A.S. lippa; Dut. lip, Ger. lippe, L. labium, not conn. with L. lambĕre, Eng. lap.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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lip
Insolence and bounce.
Wikipedia 
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The Lips are a body part around the mouth. There is a (usually larger) lower lip, and a smaller upper lip. They help us to eat, touch and speak.
Finally, there are diseases that can affect the lips, for example herpes simplex.
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