lipread: Meaning and Definition of

lip•read

Pronunciation: (lip'rēd"), [key]
— v., -read -read•ing.
—v.t.
  1. to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
—v.i.
  1. to use lipreading. Cf. speechread.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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