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# lip

«lip» in Mova's school dictionary: **the two soft edges around your mouth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lip, lips)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#m1)

2) The lip of something, like a jug, cup or cliff, is its edge or rim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#m2)

3) Informally, «lip» means rude talk: don't give me any lip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lips help you eat, speak and make sounds like «p», «b» and «m»; lips have lots of nerves and feel things easily. In health lessons lips can get chapped (dry and cracked) in cold or windy weather, and lip balm helps; lips swelling suddenly can be a sign of an allergy. In stories a trembling lip shows someone is about to cry; biting your lip shows you are holding back words. Phrases: lip balm, bite your lip, read someone's lips, my lips are sealed (I'll keep a secret), stiff upper lip.

### examples

- My lips are dry in the cold wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x1)
- Put some lip balm on your lips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x2)
- Her bottom lip trembled and she started to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x3)
- My lips are sealed; I won't tell anyone about the surprise party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x4)
- Some deaf people can read lips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x5)
- The lip of the jug helps you pour without spilling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x6)
- He bit his lip to stop himself from laughing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x7)
- If your lips swell after eating, tell an adult straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x8)
- The cup was placed to Sir Philip's lips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/#x9)

### note

Countable: one lip, two lips (top lip and bottom lip). «Lip-read» or «read lips» means understanding speech by watching the mouth. Do not confuse with «leap» (a big jump). «My lips are sealed» is fine for a nice surprise, but not for unsafe secrets.

### In the corpora

- [Warm-ups such as lip trills and humming help the breath and the voice muscles work without strain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/7/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba are brass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/9/)
- [The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/5/)
- [Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.