LIP


Meaning of LIP in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cry escapes sb/sb’s lips

A cry escaped her lips as he tightened his grip on her wrist.

bite your lip (= because you are upset or not sure what to say )

She paused uncertainly, biting her lip.

chew your lip/nails

cleft lip

have a smile on your face/lips

They all had broad smiles on their faces.

keep a stiff upper lip

Men were taught to keep a stiff upper lip .

lip balm

lip gloss

lip salve

lip service

organizations that pay lip service to career development

lips pouted

Her full lips pouted slightly.

moistened...lips (= made her lips wet with her tongue )

She moistened her lips .

sb’s bottom lip

Her bottom lip trembled and she started to cry.

split...lip

She fell against a table and split her lip .

thin arms/legs/lips etc

He has long thin hands.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

bottom

Her teeth sank into her bottom lip , biting back a cry, and she winced.

The bottom lip fattens and pushes out beyond the lower lip.

His teeth closed lightly on her bottom lip .

Her bottom lip is fat and purple and there's a split down the middle.

Kate chewed on her bottom lip .

She drew in her breath sharply and bit down hard on her bottom lip in an effort not to cry out.

The bottom lip protrudes in sullen, worried anticipation.

She looked up at him expectantly, her mouth open, the bottom lip raised, almost brutal in what it implied.

dry

She licked her very dry lips and refused to succumb to the temptation of another drink.

I would calm my rage, moisten my dry lips , force his return if only by the strength of my desire.

He looked up one last time at the grey edifice, licking dry lips .

I am growing weak, oh so weak; my tongue is dry , my lips are parched.

His narrow tongue flicked once across each dry lip .

His tongue flicked nervously across dry lips as he prepared to open the lid.

Use the tiniest amount of a matt, dry lip pencil - it lasts longer than lipstick and it won't run.

Vi pulled a dry tongue around dry lips .

full

And then a smile, full lips curling, eyes sparkling.

For had not Caswell been beautiful - his full , sensuous lips , whispering honeyed words.

At the same time, his full lower lip projected in a way that warned you to be careful.

He looked at her wide mouth, the full lips that kissed him so often and so lusciously.

How soft the cheeks, how shining the eyes, how full the lips !

She wore no make-up but had classic features, a straight nose, full lips and fine eyes.

Kate read the expression in his eyes and parted her full lips to speak.

low

He extended his lower lip and exhaled.

He nervously bites his lower lip and slowly shakes his head.

Her mouth was full, and a half-moon of light accentuated the lustrous curve of her lower lip .

His lower jaw, lips and nose had been infested with open sores and scabs, much of the flesh eaten away.

There are no teeth, no long, lower-jaw, no huge lower lip and hardly any tongue.

Chewing on her lower lip , she trundled after him along a flagged passageway and up an ornate wooden staircase.

Her cheeks are flushed the fluorescent melon orange that also glimmers on her lower lip .

parted

His own eyes gazed down at her, watching the tip of her tongue pass unconsciously over her parted lips .

Cheryl ran the tip of her tongue round her parted lips .

He was still looking into her eyes and his mouth found her parted lips .

He had to get closer, had to touch the statue, had to touch those parted lips .

She stirred and snuggled towards him, a low murmur of peace escaping from slightly parted lips .

Fifty or sixty perfect, pointed teeth gleamed between his parted lips .

He kept his head turned towards Mary, though, as between parted lips they licked the tips of each other's tongues.

red

Only his bright red lips and large blue eyes stood out from the general blackness.

Her cheeks were paler, her teeth more regular, and her red lips thinner than most country girls'.

Then she opens her pretty red lips and smiles with pretty white teeth.

Sylvie sidling, smiling with red lips .

Orlane and Clinique also favour red for lips and versatile, fleshy tones for eyes.

She smiles out of plump, red lips .

Their faces, stylised with oval, almond eyes and red lips , were disconcerting.

stiff

Paul didn't keep a stiff upper lip because that was the way that he thought that Christians should behave.

Oh, hello, guys; stiff lip , stiff lip....

All he could produce was a stiff upper lip , while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.

The stiff upper lip is a barrier against the trembling which could lead to tears.

Election losers, for instance, are traditionally expected to keep a stiff upper lip and not let their disappointment show.

So please, leave the stiff upper lip to one side, at home at least.

The Ulster Unionist security spokesman maintained a stiff upper lip as he had his moustache shaved off - for charity.

thin

Paler, shiny colours help thin lips look more full.

The shell of a young, actively growing Nucella has a thin sharp lip .

His dark skin glistens, his slanted eyes above his high cheekbones are cruel, his thin lips are determined.

She has a narrow face, deep-set eyes, sharp nose and thin lips .

His spare middle-aged frame is topped by a large head with sallow cheeks, thin lips , and receding chin.

A martyr of tolerance, I think she would like not to just purse her thin prim lips .

They were humanoids: short, Caucasian but hairless, with thin lips and bulging black eyes.

top

The area between his gashed top lip and his nose was heavily bruised.

Her breath came in puffs, ruffling her top lip .

It is as thick as baby food and leaves a soft sediment on his top lip .

She heard teeth shatter under the impact, saw one of them driven through his top lip .

He slammed the straight edge into his opponent's face, taking him between top lip and nostrils.

A sheen of sweat had appeared above Paulie's top lip .

But he rubbed his forefinger guiltily against his top lip while he pondered the implications of a new insight.

upper

Paul didn't keep a stiff upper lip because that was the way that he thought that Christians should behave.

He pressed a large white mustache on to his upper lip .

With hands in sleeves, the old man looked extremely Oriental, long moustaches curving down from the upper lip .

This time the thumb was in the mouth while the index finger was placed between the gums and the upper lip .

She was drinking her tea, making a comfortable watery chirrup as her long upper lip drew the tea into her mouth.

The upper lip was steep and prominent.

Sweat filmed his forehead and beaded his upper lip .

Her long upper lip is drawn down taut.

■ NOUN

service

Politicians pay lip service to crime.

That they were now even giving lip service to these ideas is significant.

The hon. Gentleman should be ashamed of the lip service that he has paid to employment by continuing to outline such policies.

It pays lip service to local choices but provides no specific means to make them more rational and efficient.

This is in spite of the lip service paid to the proud independence of the States.

Little has really changed despite lip service paid to the democratic process.

Unfortunately, the system is such that we often pay only lip service to this very important area.

It has been a problem, despite all the lip service given it over the years.

■ VERB

bite

He nervously bites his lower lip and slowly shakes his head.

Billy Bibbit shivered in the cold and bit his lip .

She bit her lip over the length, but there was little she could do about it.

I flushed and bit my lip .

She bit her lip , weighing up in her confused mind where to run.

She bit her lip , caught between natural caution and an untypical desire to live dangerously.

He groaned a little and Eline bit her lip seeing the pain etched on his face.

He bit his lip , clenching his fists.

chew

Emily chewed her lip , thinking about Hari and Craig.

He chewed his lower lip in a grudging silence.

Still trying to pull herself together, Merrill chewed her inner lip crossly.

Walter flew out the door; leaving Gordy and Ivan chewing their lips and wringing their hands.

Janine chewed her lip , staring spitefully at her child.

Kate chewed on her bottom lip .

Prince William, 10, chewed his lip anxiously while eight-year-old Harry stared wistfully ahead, dreaming of Christmases past.

curl

The latter was aptly named, so tart that the first gulp curled your lips back.

He wanted to curl lip in the doorway, for the night.

Amber was forced to notice him, but instead of apologising, she curled her lips into an ugly snarl.

But at that time, biologists also saw sick, disoriented manatees acting strangely by curling their lips and arching their backs.

Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own, people today might curl their lips at Faldo's approach.

A self-satisfied smile curled over her lips .

The sea, rather than dipping to the horizon, curled up like the lip of a dish.

A cucumber sandwich is curling its lip .

kiss

No kissing on the lips , no exchanging hotel room numbers.

Gently, he brought his face down on to Joe's and kissed him on his lips .

I said, bending over and kissing him on the lips .

At the moment the two sides joined, they kissed like lips .

lick

A rare, special smell that should have had her licking her lips and counting the hours until lunch.

I cleared my throat, licked my lips .

He looked up one last time at the grey edifice, licking dry lips .

He licked his lips and looked at my laughing mouth.

They lounge round my chair now, staring at the chaplain and licking their lips .

Digby could almost hear the commentators licking their lips .

Duvall licked his lips , looked at Cardiff ... and pulled open the door.

moisten

She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue and his sudden tension told her she was right.

I would calm my rage, moisten my dry lips , force his return if only by the strength of my desire.

She moistened her lips , feeling the raised and tender flesh where her teeth had bitten through.

If he or she has difficulty in speaking, moistening the tongue and lips can be helpful.

She didn't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time.

Swallowing, she moistened her lips .

His mouth closed to moisten suddenly dry lips .

move

Madeleine started adding up again, nodding her head as her eyes strayed down the page, moving her lips .

Those of you who move your lips when you read may take a 30-second break to rest your facial muscles.

He just moved his lips as he stared out there.

It means, young man, that you will have to move your lips .

Only as the men left did he relax sufficiently to give Constance a glance of bitter complicity and move his lips soundlessly.

The figures on the screen seemed to be shaking with the ague and they moved their lips like mutes.

Nicola moved her lips along Richard's neck and nuzzled his ear lobe delicately.

Black teeth and black tongue moving , black lips quite near, saying over and over, My name is Kip.

part

His mouth found hers, and she parted her lips in response.

On her parted lips a mysterious, an unspeakable question trembled.

He lay back and she stretched her body over his, leaning to his mouth and parting his lips with her tongue.

The wart crept out between his parted lips .

She then parted Charlie's lips expertly before her tongue began to play with his.

His tongue parted her lips sensuously and then he drew so hard on her mouth that her last vestige of hope disappeared.

She parted her lips for him as his mouth closed over hers once again and refused to consider where for ever might end.

Kate read the expression in his eyes and parted her full lips to speak.

pass

When it does, I promise not a drop will pass my lips before dinner.

Oh, there were times when a few drops of liquid refreshment passed their lips .

Though one would think not a morsel had passed her lips for months.

As the words passed their lips they became trees, but still they were together.

pay

Society pays noisy lip service to monogamy but, in reality, encourages affairs.

It pays lip service to local choices but provides no specific means to make them more rational and efficient.

Local authorities are expected to pay more than lip service to this requirement.

Most politicians have only paid them lip service, they complain.

Unfortunately, the system is such that we often pay only lip service to this very important area.

The conventional methodology tends to pay lip service to user involvement.

Though everybody pays lip service to performance, politics is often the ultimate arbiter of their fate.

They pay lip service to equality but they don't want to have to do anything committed about it.

play

She found the make-up room and went in, a faint smile playing about her lips as she looked round.

A smile played again about her lips .

He leaned back in the chair, a slight smile playing on his lips .

The smile that had played on his lips throughout the game was gone.

Only Brenna let a twisted smile play around her lips as the verdicts were announced.

She checked her reflection, a tiny smile playing about her lips .

That's the flneur, caught in the spotlight, blushing perhaps but with a wry smile playing around his lips .

But at last she looked up at him, a soft contented smile playing about her lips .

press

But she pressed her lips tightly together and rode steadily on.

What holds him back from pressing his lips upon those lips with brown lipstick?

She shivered and pressed her lips against his skin.

She rolled over on top of him pressing her lips against his, her tongue teasing, her hand rocking him.

Bob Southwell only pressed his lips together and didn't say anything.

He drew her towards him, in play, and pressed his lips on her lips.

Slowly Ruth ran her hand across his chest and pressed her lips to his flesh once again.

purse

She pursed her lips and blew on the baby's squashed, immobile face.

As he read he pursed his lips .

She pursed her lips and rubbed a hand over her thick brown hair.

The baby may continue to move, sometimes smiling, frowning, or pursing the lips .

And Goldberg, pursing his lips in concentration, flicking the hair out of his eyes, typed furiously on.

He squinted, pursing his lips .

Kinnear picked up his cards and pursed his lips and sucked in his breath and looked at his hand.

I pursed my lips and shook my head.

read

The Budget also marked a head-on collision between Conservative Party election promises and the real world, however. Read their lips .

They have to read her lips .

There was a boy at school who was deaf, but he could read lips so we didn't have to shout.

As he read he pursed his lips .

When he uttered his infamous words' Read my lips .

The men gathered around the window, looking in, trying to read lips .

But this kind of charm must not deflect us from what de Man is saying. Read his lips .

At 12, she taught herself to read lips .

smack

The chimpanzee then pulls out the grass stem and picks off the termites with its teeth, smacking its lips with pleasure.

She begins cackling, smacking her lips , like a child thinking of a turkey dinner.

Granny Weatherwax smacked her lips , like some one emerging from a very deep sleep.

The woman seemed to be smacking her lips over every word.

He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise.

Shove his face into his own shit, they were learning, and he will devour it, smacking his lips .

Cranston snored gently like a child, muttering now and again and smacking his lips .

The young one smacked his lips .

smile

She looked at Graham, not smiling , then her lips trembled and a small smile did appear.

There is little emotion in her eyes, no smile on her lips .

Sylvie sidling, smiling with red lips .

But he smiled with his lips , as usual, giving no clue to change.

That Katherine smiled with her lips open.

touch

And it was no wonder that she hadn't touched his lips with hers.

During these efforts, her fleshy nose could touch her lips .

A bitter smile touched his lips at that, for hadn't Grainne long since been lost?

He tasted warm wetness on his tongue and touched his lip and took away a bloodied finger.

Disappointment! dash not from my trembling hand the bowl which almost touches my lips .

The pink tip of a tongue touched her pale lips .

Boris touched his lips then looked at the smear of blood on his hand.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a fat lip

bring a smile to sb's lips/face

He and Stapleton can associate to their hearts' content and that's something to bring a smile to his face.

It brought a smile to her lips.

Nothing was more likely to bring a smile to his face than being told he was talked about.

She invented a hundred little things to make him happy, to bring a smile to his face.

The thought brought a smile to his face.

Their screams of horror and cries for mercy only brought a smile to my face.

We thank him profusely, and manage to bring a smile to his face.

curl of sb's lip/mouth

David had always treated them with a superior curl of the lip.

dry mouth/skin/lips/hair etc

Finesse's hairspray formulations are non-sticky, and yet give perfect control when applied to dry hair.

For 24 hours a day, the irritation caused by severely dry skin verges on torture.

In places the green is so thick on the page that it develops a gloss like the dried skin of oil paint.

Just as you care for dry skin on the face, the scalp needs a soothing touch ... gentle cleansing and moisturising.

Make sure you use a moisturising shampoo and conditioner for dry hair.

Simply spray Hot Shapes on to clean, dry hair before setting to get instant hold with a glossy finish.

Specific questioning showed symptoms of dry eyes and dry mouth.

There may be a dry burning sensation; a dry mouth, ropy mucus, mouth ulcers.

fall from sb's lips

In her excitement, words fell from her lips in a torrent.

No false word ever falls from his lips.

give sb a smack on the lips/cheek

lick your lips

A rare, special smell that should have had her licking her lips and counting the hours until lunch.

Digby could almost hear the commentators licking their lips.

He licked his lips and looked at my laughing mouth.

He bared his teeth and licked his lips, as Blackberry had done before the dead hedgehog on the road.

Plummer licked his lips and frowned.

She licked her lips and read fast.

The other licks his lips, and stares at Slothrop.

not pass sb's lips

pay lip service to sb/sth

It pays lip service to local choices but provides no specific means to make them more rational and efficient.

Politicians pay lip service to crime.

Previous governments have paid lip service to the idea but achieved little.

The conventional methodology tends to pay lip service to user involvement.

The professors all pay lip service to welcoming every point of view, but most really do not.

They pay lip service to equality but they don't want to have to do anything committed about it.

Though everybody pays lip service to performance, politics is often the ultimate arbiter of their fate.

We need to stop paying lip service to them.

read my lips

read sb's lips

rosebud mouth/lips

Corrie had a short, snub nose and rosebud mouth, and her eyes were a smoky grey.

I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips, the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub.

The rosebud mouth was painted a glowing coral pink, an exotic contrast with her creamy olive skin, liquid dark eyes.

smack your lips

Cranston snored gently like a child, muttering now and again and smacking his lips.

Granny Weatherwax smacked her lips, like some one emerging from a very deep sleep.

He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise.

She begins cackling, smacking her lips, like a child thinking of a turkey dinner.

Shove his face into his own shit, they were learning, and he will devour it, smacking his lips.

The chimpanzee then pulls out the grass stem and picks off the termites with its teeth, smacking its lips with pleasure.

The woman seemed to be smacking her lips over every word.

The young one smacked his lips.

stiff upper lip

All he could produce was a stiff upper lip, while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.

Election losers, for instance, are traditionally expected to keep a stiff upper lip and not let their disappointment show.

Paul didn't keep a stiff upper lip because that was the way that he thought that Christians should behave.

So please, leave the stiff upper lip to one side, at home at least.

The stiff upper lip is a barrier against the trembling which could lead to tears.

The Ulster Unionist security spokesman maintained a stiff upper lip as he had his moustache shaved off - for charity.

zip it/zip your lip

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Her lower lip was red and swollen.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He had his eyes shut and his lips moved devoutly.

He licks his lips nervously, but he doesn't move.

He was sitting on the wooden lip of the hot tub.

Sometimes her lips moved and she muttered something in a low tone.

You're fined sixpence for lip .

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