Толковый словарь английского языка - 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