lipped

Definition of lippednext
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
  • Luckily, according to our laundry experts, if absolutely necessary, towels can be washed together.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Simply leave a pile of freshly washed, unsorted laundry on a tabletop near it in a 6 x 5 ft space, and Isaac 0 will neatly fold it all in 30-90 minutes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026
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  • An Idaho beauty bathed in sunshine, ski legacy, and old-school vibes, Sun Valley occupies a rarefied place in the American ski imagination.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The 58-year-old actress shared a solo photo of herself on the edge of a bed, bathed in natural light, wearing an oversized pink sleep shirt and little else visible.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Her fluent Mandarin also gives her access to an enormous market in China, where her face is splashed across billboards and television screens.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
  • As drivers on the freeway's leftmost lanes traveled at normal speeds, those in the right lanes were seen driving considerably slower as water splashed from underneath their cars.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Five skiers, including Iivo Niskanen of Finland and Harald Oestberg Amundsen of Norway, dropped out of the race and 14 competitors were lapped.
    Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The line of people waiting eagerly to walk dogs lapped the shelter’s parking lot and stretched to the street.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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  • The implications of the arrest have rippled across the pond.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The rippled, frill-like edges are seen on the lateral and medial side panels of the shoe across three neutral earth tone spins on the 204L in Sea Salt/Linen (style code U204L2SZ), Lone Star Gray/Sea Salt (style code U204L5AV) and Reflection/Truffle Salt (style code U204L6A6).
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lipped. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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