| lip |  | |
| 1. n. Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | |
| 2. n. A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | |
| 3. n. (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. | |
| 4. n. (slang) Backtalk; verbal impertinence. | |
| Don’t give me any lip! | |
| 5. n. The edge of a high spot of land. | |
| 6. n. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. | |
| 7. n. (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. | |
| 8. n. (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family. | |
| 9. n. (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. | |
| 10. n. (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips. | |
| 11. v. To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). | |
| 12. v. (transitive, figurative) (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something. | |
| 15. v. To form the rim, edge or margin of something. | |
| 16. v. To utter verbally. | |
| 17. v. To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth. | |
| 18. v. (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in. | |
