lipped

past tense of lip
as in washed
to flow along or against the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow

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Verb
  • That is particularly true if clothing is washed in cold water and the water doesn’t need to be heated.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The acorn nuts should be washed and dried before use, then stored.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every night the city is bathed in neon red as a purge-like event begins.
    Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The words against Admiral Ratsiraka’s dictatorship that had lasted too long, from 1975 until 1991, the words that were bathed in blood in the Iavoloha rice fields on August 10, 1991, when the dictator gave the order to fire on the crowd of protesters.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No Doubt have announced a 2026 residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, complete with throwback photos splashed across the building’s outer dome.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Morning watering gives any water splashed on the leaves time to evaporate and dry throughout the day which helps prevent disease.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This is theoretically something the sport should have internalized decades ago, starting when the NFL lapped Major League Baseball as America’s most popular league.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But all were gleefully lapped up by tried-and-true slasher fans and a new wave of bloodthirsty teenage audiences.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Buzz around gold has rippled through markets this year — but silver has been quietly going along for the ride, culminating in a new record high that analysts say could double in the coming years.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • If that proves true, Aschenbrenner’s real impact may be less about returns and more about rhetoric—the way his ideas have rippled from Silicon Valley into Washington.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lipped. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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