Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense lip-reads, present participle lip-readingpronunciation note: The form lip-read is pronounced (lɪpriːd) when it is the present tense, and (lɪpred) when it is the past tense and past participle.
verb
If someone can lip-read, they are able to understand what someone else is saying by looking at the way the other person's lips move as they speak, without actually hearing any of the words.
They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read. [VERB]
lip readinguncountable noun
The teacher should not move around too much as this makes lip reading more difficult.
lip-read in British English
(ˈlɪpˌriːd)
verbWord forms: -reads, -reading or -read (-ˈrɛd)
to interpret (words) by lip-reading
lip-read in American English
(ˈlɪpˌrid)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈlip-ˌread (ˈlɪpˌrɛd) or ˈlip-ˌreading
to recognize (a speaker's words) by lip reading
Derived forms
lip reader
Examples of 'lip-read' in a sentence
lip-read
I couldn't hear anything but I could lip-read easily enough.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
In phrases that Neil had learned to lip-read off the silent screen she saluted the students for their support and cash donations.
Ballard, J. G. RUSHING TO PARADISE (2002)
In other languages
lip-read
British English: lip-read /ˈlɪpˌriːd/ VERB
If someone can lip-read, they are able to understand what someone else is saying by looking at the way the other person's lips move as they speak, without actually hearing any of the words.
They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.