lip

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q15173}} {{lb|en|countable}} Either of the two [[fleshy]] [[protrusions]] around the opening of the [[mouth]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a [[wound]] or the [[labia]].
3. {{lb|en|by extension|countable}} The projecting [[rim]] of an open [[container]] or a [[bell]], etc.; a short open [[spout]].
4. {{anchor|en4}}{{lb|en|slang|uncountable}} Backtalk; verbal [[impertinence]].
5. The edge of a high spot of land.
6. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an [[auger]].
7. {{lb|en|botany}} One of the two opposite divisions of a [[labiate]] [[corolla]].
8. {{lb|en|botany}} A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true [[petal]]s of an [[orchid]].
9. {{lb|en|zoology}} One of the edges of the [[aperture]] of a [[univalve]] [[shell]].
10. {{lb|en|music|colloquial}} [[embouchure|Embouchure]]: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
11. {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{clip of|en|lipstick}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[touch]] or [[grasp]] with the lips; to [[kiss]]; to lap the lips against (something).
2. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively|of an object}} To touch lightly.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive}} To [[wash]] against a surface, [[lap]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[rise]] or [[flow]] up to or over the edge of something.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form the [[rim]], [[edge]] or [[margin]] of something.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[utter]] verbally.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[simulate]] speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to [[mouth]].
8. {{lb|en|sports}} To make a [[golf]] ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|music}} To change the sound of (a musical note played on a [[wind instrument]]) by moving or tensing the lips.

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