Lips

lip

 (lĭp)

n.

1. Anatomy

a. Either of two fleshy structures that surround the opening of the mouth in humans and other mammals.

b. In humans, the smooth brownish to reddish border of the lip.

2. A structure or part that encircles or bounds an orifice, as:

a. Anatomy A labium.

b. The margin of flesh around a wound.

c. Either of the margins of the aperture of a gastropod shell.

d. A rim, as of a vessel, bell, or crater.

3. Botany One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified median petal of an orchid flower.

4. The tip of a pouring spout, as on a pitcher.

5. Slang Insolent talk.

tr.v. lipped, lip·ping, lips

1.

a. To touch the lips to.

b. To kiss.

2. To utter.

3. To lap or splash against.

4. Sports To hit a golf ball so that it touches the edge of (the hole) without dropping in.

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[Middle English, from Old English lippa; see leb- in Indo-European roots.]

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lip′less adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Lips

 

See Also: MOUTH

1. An upper lip shaped like a circumflex accent —Eric Ambler Drew her lips into a thin wiggly line like fish bait —Sharon Sheehe Stark
2. Full lips like a French movie star —Ira Wood
3. Her lips glistened as if she’d just eaten a pound of vaseline —Sarah Bird
4. Her lips looked … delicious, as though if you bit them it would be like biting into a sweetmeat, one of those candies which are filled with a pleasant warming liquid —Ben Ames Williams
5. His lips, like those of all men who work, were puckered up like a bag with the string drawn tight —Honoré de Balzac
6. His lips were tightened in a thin line, as if he had them sewn together to keep from vomiting —Robert J. Serling
7. His lips were too red, as if he had a hangover —Louise Erdrich
8. His long lips tightened, as if he sought to conquer pain —Frank Swinnerton
9. Lips always compressed as if to keep back a swarm of curses —George Garrett
10. Lips as bloodless as lips of the slain —John Greenleaf Whittier
11. Lips … as glossy as ripe cherries —Anton Chekhov
12. Lips delicate as peach-toned porcelain —Jayne Anne Phillips
13. Lips … drawn in a tight line like the lips of a child not quite ready to take a dose of bad-tasting medicine —George Garrett
14. Lips … dry and faint as her tea leaves —Shirley Ann Grau
15. Lips full as thighs —Lyn Lifshin
16. Lips like a thread of scarlet —The Holy Bible/Song of Solomon
17. Lips like lilies —The Holy Bible/Song of Solomon
18. Lips … like pale velvet —Jimmy Sangster
19. Lips like sausages —John D. MacDonald
20. Lips … like the petals of a red flower —Oscar Wilde
21. Lips like wet cherries —Virginia Woolf
22. Lips moved noisily, smacking like a three-day thirst —Sharon Sheehe Stark
23. Lips … red as two buds —Louise Erdrich
24. Lips … set in exasperation, as if she had just been about to say something and found out her voice was snatched in death —Louise Erdrich
25. Lips … shining like rain on night streets —Jayne Anne Phillips
26. Lips that, like a ventriloquist’s, scarcely stirred —Katherine Bush
27. Lips that looked as if she were permanently whistling —Mike Fredman
28. Lips that shine wetly, just like a Cosmo girl —George Garrett
29. Lips that stand out from his skin like two thick weals —Aldous Huxley
30. Lips tighter than any knot —Tim O’Brien
31. Lips trembling like elastic stretched too taut —George Garrett
32. A long blue upper lip, like a priest —Joyce Cary
33. The muscles of her chapped lips were broken and loose like the snap of an old purse —Gerald Kersh
34. Pursed his lips as if he were just before receiving a terrible blow —Richard Ford
35. Set her lips as though she would never speak again —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
36. Sharp-pointed lips stretched out like a slingshot —Bobbie Ann Mason
37. She kept closing her lips over her teeth and then pursing her lips, so that she looked as though she were going to give somebody a little goodbye kiss —Maeve Brennan
38. Thick lips … like lozenges of hard rubber —Jonathan Valin
39. Thin lips fitted tightly together, as though they were parts of a very well-made piece of furniture —Aldous Huxley
40. An upper lip that twiched softly, like a cow’s in a fly-ridden summer —Penelope Gilliatt

Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Translations

устни

labios

huulet

lèvres

labbra

labia

lippen

usta

lábios

läppar