lipped

verb

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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  1. washed
  2. bathed
  3. splashed
Verb
  • Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.
    David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of washed
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  • Above us, small temples were bathed in bright afternoon light.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of bathed
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  • The exquisite mineral is splashed across the Yacht Club interiors, and briar-root wood surfaces are elegantly bathed in the exclusive Sindalah Blue.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, the image that would ordinarily show up as a news post in a separate section of the PS5 UI was splashed across the screen behind games like Miles Morales, Hi-Fi Rush, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of splashed
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“Lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lipped. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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