lip

CEFRA2

/lɪp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of the two soft edges around the mouth.

  2. 02

    noun

    The edge of an opening or container.

Examples

  • She never completely mastered the art of lip-reading.

  • There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

  2. The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.

  3. Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

More examples

In context

  • There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

  • I put on some red lip and a casual print dress.

  • Don’t give me any lip!

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lippe (“lip”), West Frisian lippe (“lip”), Dutch lip (“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip”), Low German Lippe (“lip”), Luxembourgish Lëps (“lip”), Vilamovian łyp (“lip”), Yiddish ליפּ (lip, “lip”), Danish læbe (“lip”), Norwegian Bokmål leppe (“lip”), Norwegian Nynorsk leppa, leppe, lippa, lippe (“lip”), Swedish läpp (“lip”), Latin labium (“lip”).