lipread

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/ˈlɪpɹiːd/past/ˈlɪpɹɛd/

verb

To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

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lip-readspeech-read
Scrabble 10

Meanings

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

present singular third person lipreads · participle present lipreading · alternative lip-read · alternative lip read

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbinterpret by lipreading; of deaf people

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lip-readspeech-read
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Czech odezírat (ze rtů)
  • odezírat (ze rtů)determine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Danish mundaflæse
  • mundaflæsedetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Finnish lukea huulilta
  • lukea huuliltadetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
French lire sur les lèvres
  • lire sur les lèvresdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
German von den Lippen lesen
  • von den Lippen lesendetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Hungarian szájról olvas
  • szájról olvasdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Icelandic varalestur
  • varalesturdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Norwegian Bokmål lese på lepper, lese på munn
  • lese på lepperdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
  • lese på munndetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Portuguese ler os lábios
  • ler os lábiosdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.
Spanish leer los labios
  • leer los labiosdetermine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

lipread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipread

MLA

“lipread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipread. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lipread,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipread.

Source: lipread on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.