lipread

[ lip-reed ]

/ ˈlɪpˌrid /

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.

Nearby words

lippizaner, lippmann, lippmann, walter, lippold, lippy, lipread, lipreading, lips are sealed, one's, lipschitz condition, lipscomb, lipstick

Compare speechread.

Origin of lipread

First recorded in 1890–95; lip + read¹

Related forms

lip·read·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for lip-read

This lip-read video clarifies what NFL football players, coaches and referees are actually talking about on the field.
Puppies, the Fresh Prince, the NRA and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She camouflaged her disability by learning to lip-read in multiple languages.
12 Juicy Bits From the Prince Philip Biography|Tom Sykes|November 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
After a moment, the psychologist turned his head to the doctor and Bennington lip-read the word, "hypno."
Take the Reason Prisoner|John Joseph McGuire
They can gain knowledge by sight, he maintained; can write, converse by signs, speak and lip-read.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various

Mrs. Ambrose thought he was talking about domestic servants, because she had lip-read the word "cook."
The House by the River|A. P. Herbert

British Dictionary definitions for lip-read

lip-read

/ (ˈlɪpˌriːd) /

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

to interpret (words) by lip-reading

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