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lipread

[ lip-reed ]
/ ˈlɪpˌrid /
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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.

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Nearby words

  1. lippmann,
  2. lippmann, walter,
  3. lippold,
  4. lippold, richard,
  5. lippy,
  6. lipreading,
  7. lips are sealed, one's,
  8. lipschitz condition,
  9. lipscomb,
  10. lipscomb, william nunn
Compare speechread.

Origin of lipread

First recorded in 1890–95; lip + read1
Related formslip·read·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for lip-read

lip-read

/ (ˈlɪpˌriːd) /

verb -reads, -reading or -read (-ˈrɛd)

to interpret (words) by lip-reading
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for lip-read

lip-read

v.

1880, back-formation from lip-reading, which is attested from 1852 in writings on educating deaf-mutes; from lip (n.) + reading.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper