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lipread

/ˈlɪpɹiːd/

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past/ˈlɪpɹɛd/

lipread verb: to determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

Verb

lipread (third-person singular simple present lipreads, present participle lipreading, simple past and past participle lipread)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

Forms of lipread

third-person singular presentlipreads
present participlelipreading
past participlelipread
pastlipread
alternative formlip-read
alternative formlip read

Origin of lipread

From lip + read.

Words formed from lipread

Questions about lipread

What does lipread mean?
Lipread means to determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.
What part of speech is lipread?
Lipread is a verb.
How do you pronounce lipread?
Lipread is pronounced /ˈlɪpɹiːd/.
What is the past tense of lipread?
The past tense of lipread is lipread.

Words near lipread in the dictionary

  1. lipprint
  2. lipprints
  3. Lipps
  4. lippy
  5. Lippys
  6. lipread
  7. lipreader
  8. lipreaders
  9. lipreading
  10. lipreads
  11. liprotide

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