lipread
[lip-reed]
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verb (used with object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
verb (used without object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
to use lipreading.
Compare speechread.
Origin of lipread
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Examples from the Web for lip-read
Contemporary Examples of lip-read
This lip-read video clarifies what NFL football players, coaches and referees are actually talking about on the field.
She camouflaged her disability by learning to lip-read in multiple languages.
Historical Examples of lip-read
After a moment, the psychologist turned his head to the doctor and Bennington lip-read the word, "hypno."
Take the Reason PrisonerJohn Joseph McGuire
They can gain knowledge by sight, he maintained; can write, converse by signs, speak and lip-read.
Mrs. Ambrose thought he was talking about domestic servants, because she had lip-read the word "cook."
The House by the RiverA. P. Herbert
lip-read
verb -reads, -reading or -read (-ˈrɛd)
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