Lip

Definition

lip / lÇp / n ၁။ [C] ႏႈတ္ခမ္း။ the upper / lower / top / bottom lip ❍ kiss sb on the lips ❍ She had a cigarette between her lips. ❍ BODY ၂။ [C] ႏႈတ္ခမ္း။ the lip of a cup / saucer / crater. ၃။ [U] ( sl ) လူဝါးဝျခင္း။ That’s enough of your lip! ❏ give / pay lip-service to sth [ IDM ] ပါးစပ္ေျပာမွ်သာ။ ေလာကြတ္။ politicians paying lip-service to environmental issues. ❏ lick / smack one’s lips [ IDM ] ( infml ) သြားရည္က်သည္။ The children licked their lips as the cake was cut. ❍ She’s licking her lips at the thought of spending all that money. ❏ -lipped (forming compound adjs ) ႏႈတ္ခမ္း…။ ႏႈတ္…။ thin-lipped ❍ tight-lipped. ❏ lip-read v ( pt, pp lip-read /-red/) ႏႈတ္ခမ္းလႈပ္ပံုမွ အဓိပၸာယ္ေကာက္သည္။ lip-reading n [U] lip-service n ❏ one’s lips are sealed [ IDM ] အာေစးထည့္သည္။ ႏႈတ္ပိတ္ထားသည္။ I’d like to tell you what I know but my lips are sealed.

Examples

1. His thin red lips stretched into a smile.
2. Careful
3. the lip of the coffee pot is broken.
4. We walked up to the lip of the canyon.
5. [give someone lip] : Don’t give me any more of your lip
6. Sara!