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lipped

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /lɪpt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪpt
  • CMU ARPABET: L IH1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a raised lip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • lipped pitcher

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: lipless, unlipped

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having some specific type of lip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Book Four, p. 191, [...] I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped Shell;
  • 1933, George R. Preedy (Marjorie Bowen), Double Dallilay (U.S. title Queen’s Caprice), Part 1, The two French girls held the gilt-lipped vases of milk and slowly poured them into the alabaster bath.
  • We met a yellow-lipped woman.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of lip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

having a lip or lips- John Keats

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a lipped bowl
  • a virgin purest lipped

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: lipless

History

Etymology

From lip + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Irish: gobach — having a raised lip