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LIPREAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lipread mean?
• LIPREAD (verb)
The verb LIPREAD has 1 sense:
1. interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
Familiarity information: LIPREAD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they lipread ... he / she / it lipreads
Past simple: lipread
Past participle: lipread
-ing form: lipreading
... he / she / it lipreads Past simple: lipread
Past participle: lipread
-ing form: lipreading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
lip-read; lipread; speech-read
Hypernyms (to "lipread" is one way to...):
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
lipreading (perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips)
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