lip-reading

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlɪpriːdɪŋ/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lip-reading n
  1. a method used, esp by partially deaf people, to comprehend spoken words by interpreting movements of the speaker's lipsAlso called: speech-reading
ˈlip-ˌreader n
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lip-read /ˈlɪpˌriːd/ vb ( -reads, -reading, -read /-ˈrɛd/)
  1. to interpret (words) by lip-reading
'lip-reading' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
lip-read - speech-reading - speechreading

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