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Edges Of Lighter Almost Turning Up Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "LIPS" which means:
- noun
- • Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- • (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- • An impudent or insolent rejoinder
- • The top edge of a vessel or other container
- • Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell verb
- • To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- • (of something inanimate) to touch lightly.
- • To wash against a surface, lap.
- • To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- • To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
- • To utter verbally.
- • To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- • To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- • To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- • To kiss, to smooch
An example sentence would be:
- • "She applied lipstick on her lips."
- • "His lips were trembling with fear."
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