lipread
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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I don’t lipread, but I find myself looking to the speaker’s mouth for clues, and that seems to help.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024
"But for a deaf person in such a stressful situation it was very difficult to lipread, despite their efforts," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2023
The umpire can lipread through masks, it appears, or read eyes.
From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2022
Just about everyone, regardless of hearing ability, picks up information from seeing others’ faces, and most people lipread to some degree.
From Slate • May 12, 2020
He is well sketched by the author, and one impudent touch is superb: Mannix has a deaf son, she relates, and thus has learned to lipread.
From Time Magazine Archive
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