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1 lip
1 [deel van de mond] lip2 [op een lip gelijkende zaak] 〈 ook plantkunde〉 lip ⇒ 〈 techniek, technologie ook〉 joggle, 〈 van anker〉 bill, 〈 van hoefijzer〉 clip, 〈 van schoen〉 tongue♦voorbeelden:1 dikke lippen • thick/full lipsgesprongen lippen • chapped/cracked lipsmet opeengeklemde lippen • tight-lippedzijn lippen ergens bij aflikken • lick/smack one's lipsde lip laten hangen, een lipje trekken • hang one's lips, poutde lippen tuiten/samentrekken • pout, purse one's lips〈 figuurlijk〉 op aller lippen zijn • be on everybody's lips, be on every lipzich op de lippen bijten • bite one's lipsik zou het niet over mijn lippen kunnen krijgen • I couldn't bring myself to say such a thing -
2 verbijten
1 [met moeite inhouden] suppress, hold back♦voorbeelden:II 〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich verbijten〉1 [zich met moeite inhouden] be (almost) bursting ⇒ 〈 op zijn lippen bijten〉 bite one's lips, 〈 op zijn tanden bijten〉 clench one's teeth♦voorbeelden: -
3 zich op de lippen bijten
zich op de lippen bijtenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > zich op de lippen bijten
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4 stukbijten
♦voorbeelden:een noot stukbijten • crack a nut with one's teeth
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