Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable)Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

    Lippe, Lefze, Schnauze

    губа́gubá, уста́ustá

    губа́hubá

    either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

  2. (countable)A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

    губа́gubá

  3. (broadly, countable)The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.

    Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe

    крайkraj

  4. (slang, uncountable)Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

    Don’t give me any lip!

    Unverschämtheit, Frechheit, Widerrede

    на́глостьnáglostʹ, наха́льствоnaxálʹstvo

  5. (countable, uncountable)The edge of a high spot of land.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

  7. (countable, uncountable)One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

    (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

  8. (countable, uncountable)A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.

  9. (countable, uncountable)One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

    either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

  10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.

Examples

523 sentences
  1. Tom put a finger to his lips.

    Том приклав палець до губ.

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  2. Tom has big lips.

    У Тома великі губи.

    deTom hat große Lippen.

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  3. I have big lips.

    У мене великі губи.

    ruУ меня большие губы.

    deIch habe große Lippen.

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  4. I read lips.

    Я читаю по губах.

    ruЯ читаю по губам.

    deIch lese Lippen.

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  5. Your lips are red.

    У тебе червоні губи.

    ruТвои губы красные.

    deDeine Lippen sind rot.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fleshy protrusion framing the mouth:
Русский
By meaning 3
fleshy protrusion framing the mouth:
rim of an open container:
slang: backtalk, verbal impertinence:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
fleshy protrusion framing the mouth:
rim of an open container:
slang: backtalk, verbal impertinence:

Origin

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”).

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