Past tense of lip
regular verb
The past tense of lip is lipped. The past participle is also lipped.
Forms of lip
| Base form (V1) | lip /lɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lipped /lɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | lipped /lɪpt/ |
| Present participle | lipping |
| Third person singular | lips /lɪps/ |
Lipped in a sentence
- The mist that lipped against the wall behind him hung overhead like a ceiling, hiding any stars.2008, Julie Czerneda, Riders of the Storm, New York: Daw Books, Interlude, page 406
- The sun lipped over the mountain by now, shone on the corrugated-iron roofs of the five sanitary units, shone on the gray tents and on the swept ground of the streets between the tents.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 22, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 311
- Sori in the axils of lamina branches, partly immersed; involucre bell- or trumpet-shaped, or obconical, usually 2-lipped; receptacle generally exserted.From the entry immersed
- The stallion lipped Alanna’s breech pockets.1992, Tamora Pierce, Wild Magic, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry breech
- His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous, physically mobile Arnold.1981 December 12, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Gay Theatre Verité”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 10. From the entry androgonous
Meaning of lip
- noun Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- noun A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- noun The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
Questions about the past tense of lip
- What is the past tense of lip?
- The past tense of lip is lipped.
- What is the past participle of lip?
- The past participle of lip is lipped.
- Is lip a regular or irregular verb?
- Lip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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