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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To interpret (utterances) by lip reading.
  • intransitive verb To interpret utterances by lip reading.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of lipread.

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  • verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people

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Examples

  • She later learned to lip-read in several languages, though at her wedding the bushy beard of the Orthodox priest defeated her and when asked whether she consented freely to the marriage, she replied "No," which in view of Andrea's subsequent callous conduct would have been the right answer.

    The Long Route To Windsor Ferdinand Mount 2011

  • Styles's comment was lip-read, and he later "explained" to Alan Carr that he was telling Cardle that he would be able to buy some cats for his mum.

    Good luck to Caroline Flack. She'll need it | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • I was told by one of my reviewers that one of the most fascinating stories in the book was about how I learned how to speak and lip-read.

    Mike Ragogna: Obstacle Illusions: A Conversation with Author Stephen J. Hopson Mike Ragogna 2011

  • "Tribes," starting previews this week at New York's Barrow Street Theatre, is a lighthearted British drama by playwright Nina Raine about a deaf man who decides to learn sign language in his 20s—after growing up in a family that insisted he lip-read and try to speak instead, in hopes of assimilating him into hearing culture.

    A Director Reveals His Motivation Ellen Gamerman 2012

  • If my own charming schooling experience was any indication, people would thoughtfully stand so as to make sure that the deaf and hearing-impaired girls could lip-read when they made this type of comment, or would helpfully attempt to translate it into sign despite not speaking ASL, so "perhaps they didn't hear" does not strike me as a possibility.

    mrissa: Books read, late April mrissa 2010

  • I was told by one of my reviewers that one of the most fascinating stories in the book was about how I learned how to speak and lip-read.

    Mike Ragogna: Obstacle Illusions: A Conversation with Author Stephen J. Hopson Mike Ragogna 2011

  • I had a number of conversations with my students using a combination of fractured ASL and lip-read English.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • I had a number of conversations with my students using a combination of fractured ASL and lip-read English.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • I was told by one of my reviewers that one of the most fascinating stories in the book was about how I learned how to speak and lip-read.

    Mike Ragogna: Obstacle Illusions: A Conversation with Author Stephen J. Hopson Mike Ragogna 2011

  • As he can only lip-read, Billy has trouble keeping up, until he meets Sylvia, a young woman who has been brought up as the only hearing member of a deaf family, and learns sign language, opening up a whole new world.

    This week's new theatre Mark Cook 2010

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