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LIPREAD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they lipread ... he / she / it lipreads
-ing form: lipreading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
Synonyms:
lip-read; lipread; speech-read
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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)