lip
To touch or grasp with the lipsTo touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
(figuratively, transitive)To touch lightly.
(intransitive, transitive)To wash against a surface, lap.
(intransitive)To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
(transitive)To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
(transitive)To utter verbally.
(transitive)To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
(transitive)To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
Examples
523 sentencesTom put a finger to his lips.
Том приклав палець до губ. — deniko
Tom has big lips.
У Тома великі губи. — deniko
deTom hat große Lippen. — wolfgangth
I have big lips.
У мене великі губи. — deniko
ruУ меня большие губы. — marafon
deIch habe große Lippen. — wolfgangth
I read lips.
Я читаю по губах. — deniko
ruЯ читаю по губам. — sharptoothed
deIch lese Lippen. — Yorwba
Your lips are red.
У тебе червоні губи. — deniko
ruТвои губы красные. — gleki
deDeine Lippen sind rot. — Espi
Origin
From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom 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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Forms
lips, lipping, lipped, lippedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- on the lips
- read lips
- to his lips
- your lips are