n.
1) to lick; move; part; pucker; purse one's ~s
2) to press one's ~s to (she pressed her ~s to the baby's forehead)
3) chapped; dry; moist; thick; thin ~s
4) the lower; upper ~
5) from smb.'s ~s (I heard it from his ~s)
6) on one's ~s (she died with a prayer on her ~s)
7) on everyone's ~s (his name was on everyone's ~s)
8) ( misc. ) to bite one's ~ ('to restrain oneself'); to moisten one's ~s; to lick/ smack one's ~s ('to anticipate or remember with pleasure'); to keep a stiff upper ~ ('to refuse to become discouraged'); don't give me any of your ~ ('don't be impudent with me'); to seal smb.'s ~s ('to induce smb. to remain silent'); to read ~s