lip
- noun
- /lɪp/
- Do you have any lip balm?
- upper lip
- lower lip
- cleft lip
They do not drag on your lips at all at all.
- They do not drag on your lips at all at all.
- This one is the Kylie lip liner in Rosie.
- I think this shine on my lips speaks for itself.
- Just press it in all around the lips, up through there.
- And as I lick my lips, taste of Peaches.
- Wouldn't want to burn your little lips, I heard.
- Hold it, Now your upper lip and hold it, hold it.
- You can tell because their lips are stained with the purple.
- I love myself a Kylie lip liquid lipstick.
- You put that lip gloss on those lips and it's looking good.
- It feels so nice on my lips, like not sticky.
Examples
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Tilted her head back, kissed her cold lips, spoke to her, and kissed her again.
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I think this shine on my lips speaks for itself.
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Wow, I never noticed, Mike, but your upper lip is huge.
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Then I have these for your lips and for your face.
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Your lips look pretty good in that.
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She had a split lip.
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It feels so nice on my lips, like not sticky.
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My lips are chapping.
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Try licking your lips.
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His split lip was painful after the accident.
Idioms
- Informal
Pressing your lips together to keep from laughing or saying something
Compounds
A small fern with narrow leaves that grows in dry, shaded places in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A program or device that looks at lip movements in video and turns them into text
- Specialized
A small evergreen plant with woolly hairs on the leaf stems and underside of its leaves
- Specialized
A small green plant with smooth edges on its leaves that grows in shady rocky places
- Specialized
A fern with tall upright leaves that grows in dry rocky places in the US southwest
- Specialized
A small North American evergreen fern with soft wool-like hairs on stems and the underside of leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lip comes from an old German word lippa meaning 'edge' or 'rim', and it names the soft, fleshy border of the mouth.