 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lip
noun
1: fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth
2: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of
your sass" [syn: {sass}, {sassing}, {backtalk}, {back talk},
{mouth}]
3: the top edge of a vessel [syn: {brim}, {rim}]
[also: {lipping}, {lipped}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lip \Lip\ (l[i^]p), noun [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.
6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your
lip. [Slang]
Syn: jaw.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lip \Lip\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lip \Lip\, verb (used with an object)
To clip; to trim. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
184 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lip
besides its literal sense (Isa. 37:29, etc.), is used in the
original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of a
cup (1 Kings 7:26), a garment (Ex. 28:32), a curtain (26:4), the
sea (Gen. 22:17), the Jordan (2 Kings 2:13). To "open the lips"
is to begin to speak (Job 11:5); to "refrain the lips" is to
keep silence (Ps. 40:9; 1 Pet. 3:10). The "fruit of the lips"
(Heb. 13:15) is praise, and the "calves of the lips"
thank-offerings (Hos. 14:2). To "shoot out the lip" is to
manifest scorn and defiance (Ps. 22:7). Many similar forms of
expression are found in Scripture.
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
LIP
Large Internet Packet
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