lip-read

1. 1.

   interpret by lipreading; of deaf people

   Synonymslipreadspeech-read

   Broaderread

Questions about lip-read

What does lip-read mean?

lip-read means "interpret by lipreading; of deaf people".

How many syllables are in lip-read?

lip-read has 3 syllables and divides as li-p-re-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lip-read?

Close synonyms include lipread, speech-read. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.