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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  • The olive sake gives a round flavor that’s paired with rice washed West End Gin.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Be sure your microfiber cloths are freshly washed before cleaning windows.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • There, dressed in aloha shirts and bathed in a tropical sun, Briscoe could again call a Pacific island home.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • That legacy includes crushing both hyperinflation and the Maoist insurgents of the Shining Path, who bathed Peru in blood in the 1980s and 1990s.
    Simeon Tegel, NPR, 6 June 2026
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  • Ten minutes later a cow moose come out of the willows 300 yards away, splashed through the shallows, and struck out across the cove.
    Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • His grandkids splashed in the pool.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • In a darkly symbolic moment, he was lapped by his own teammate around Lap 54.
    Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • The sitting district attorney appears to have lapped her challengers several times over in fundraising.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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  • The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the total supply of new cars, which has rippled down to the used market.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • Brown’s impact rippled beyond that one project, touching many communities around Atlanta and reverberating through his family.
    Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
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“Lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lipped. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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