LIP

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~pa; akin to Old High German leffur ~ and probably to Latin labium, labrum ~ Date: before 12th century either of two fleshy folds that surround the mouth in humans and many other vertebrates and are organs of human speech essential to certain articulations, back talk , 3. a fleshy edge or margin (as of a wound), labium , labellum 1, a limb of a labiate corolla, 4. the edge of a hollow vessel or cavity, a projecting edge: as, the beveled upper edge of the mouth of an organ flue pipe, the sharp cutting edge on the end of a tool (as an auger), a short spout (as on a pitcher), edge 2, embouchure , ~less adjective ~like adjective II. adjective Date: 1558 insincere , produced with the participation of the ~s ; labial , III. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1589 transitive verb to touch with the ~s, utter , to lap against ; lick , to hit (a putt) so that the ball hits the edge of the cup but fails to drop in, intransitive verb to hit the edge of the cup without dropping in