fountain vs lip

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

lip

verb
  • To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something. 

  • To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips. 

  • To form the rim, edge or margin of something. 

  • To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth. 

  • (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. 

  • To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). 

  • To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in. 

  • To utter verbally. 

  • To wash against a surface, lap. 

noun
  • Backtalk; verbal impertinence. 

  • One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. 

  • Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. 

  • The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 

  • A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. 

  • The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. 

  • One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. 

  • The edge of a high spot of land. 

  • The distinctive petal of the Orchis family. 

  • Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips. 

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