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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking;

2. (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx;

3. an impudent or insolent rejoinder;
- Example: "don't give me any of your sass"
[syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth]

4. the top edge of a vessel or other container;
[syn: brim, rim, lip]

5. either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lip \Lip\ (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l[aum]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. [1913 Webster] Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6. [1913 Webster] 2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. [1913 Webster] 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. [1913 Webster] 6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip. [Slang] Syn: jaw. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lip \Lip\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] The bubble on the wine which breaks Before you lip the glass. --Praed. [1913 Webster] A hand that kings Have lipped and trembled kissing. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter; to speak. [R.] --Keats. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lip \Lip\, v. t. To clip; to trim. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] lipemia
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lip n 1: either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking 2: (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx 3: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth] 4: the top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: brim, rim, lip] 5: either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

LIP Loop Initialization Primitive (SCSI)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

LIP Large Internet Packet
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

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.