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v. - Interpret by watching people's mouths when they speak.

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Usage examples (17)
  • April 29th, 2006 at 8:05 pm could anyone lipread Ann Garrols comments to Colbert?
  • Personally I prefer signs when I have the chance, lipread when I have to, and use writing as a back up.
  • If he could lipread she was saying some pretty awful things, and he didn't know if the Sprites had soap anyway.
  • When they did not want to be overheard they carefully lipread one another, never verbalizing anything that might excite an eavesdropper.
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