Limp vs. Lip — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Limp and Lip
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Limp
A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait. Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity.
Lip
Lips are a visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech.
Limp
To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
Lip
Either of two fleshy structures that surround the opening of the mouth in humans and other mammals.
Limp
To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
The project limped along with half its previous funding.
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Lip
In humans, the smooth brownish to reddish border of the lip.
Limp
An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait.
Lip
(Anatomy) A labium.
Limp
Lacking or having lost rigidity, as of structure or substance
Limp, wet hair.
An arm hanging limp over the side of the bed.
Lip
The margin of flesh around a wound.
Limp
Lacking strength, vigor, or effectiveness; weak
Limp political opposition.
Lip
Either of the margins of the aperture of a gastropod shell.
Limp
(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
Lip
A rim, as of a vessel, bell, or crater.
Limp
To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
Lip
(Botany) One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified median petal of an orchid flower.
Limp
To move or proceed irregularly.
Limping verses
The business limped through the recession
Lip
The tip of a pouring spout, as on a pitcher.
Limp
To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
Lip
(Slang) Insolent talk.
Limp
To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
Lip
To touch the lips to.
Limp
To happen; befall; chance.
Lip
To kiss.
Limp
To come upon; meet.
Lip
To utter.
Limp
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
She walks with a limp.
Lip
To lap or splash against.
Limp
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Lip
(Sports) To hit a golf ball so that it touches the edge of (the hole) without dropping in.
Limp
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
Lip
(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
Limp
Flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
Lip
(countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
Limp
Lacking stiffness; flimsy
Lip
The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
Limp
(of a penis) not erect
Lip
Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
Don’t give me any lip!
Limp
(of a man) not having an erect penis
Lip
The edge of a high spot of land.
Limp
Physically weak
Lip
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
Limp
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.
Lip
(botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
Limp
A halt; the act of limping.
Lip
(botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
Limp
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Lip
(zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Limp
Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
Lip
Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
Limp
Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
Lip
(transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
Limp
The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Lip
(of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
Limp
Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
Lip
To wash against a surface, lap.
Limp
Proceed slowly or with difficulty;
The boat limped into the harbor
Lip
(intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
Limp
Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
Flaccid muscles
Took his lax hand in hers
Gave a limp handshake
A limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know
A slack grip
Lip
(transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
Limp
Not firm;
Wilted lettuce
Lip
(transitive) To utter verbally.
Lip
(transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
Lip
(sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
Lip
To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
Lip
One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
Thine own lips testify against thee.
Lip
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
Lip
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
Lip
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
Lip
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Lip
Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip.
Lip
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.
The bubble on the wine which breaksBefore you lip the glass.
A hand that kingsHave lipped and trembled kissing.
Lip
To utter; to speak.
Lip
To clip; to trim.
Lip
Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth
Lip
An impudent or insolent rejoinder;
Don't give me any of your sass
Lip
The top edge of a vessel
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