Labialize
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transitive verb.
To pronounce (a speech sound) with the lips touching , nearly touching, or pursed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make labial; give a labial character to; change to utterance with the lips.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
round
, make (a sound, notably a
consonant
)
labial
.
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verb.
pronounce with rounded lips
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
delabialize
Etymologically Related
labiate
labiodental
labiovelar
Form
labialization
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
articulate
enounce
enunciate
pronounce
say
verb-form
labialized
labializing