Lipread

//ˈlɪpɹiːd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips. intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    interpret by lipreading; of deaf people wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
lip readlip-readspeech readspeech-readspeechread

Etymology

From lip + read.

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