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# lipstick

noun (lipstick, uncountable; a lipstick, lipsticks)

«lipstick» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Colour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#m1)
2. A stick or tube of this colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, adults and teens wear lipstick; in science, it can be tested for colours by chromatography. In stories, lipstick marks or a lipstick message on a mirror can be clues in mysteries. The phrase «lipstick on a pig» means making something bad look better on the outside only. Phrases: wear lipstick, put on lipstick, red lipstick.

### Examples

- Mum put on red lipstick before the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x1)
- My little sister drew on the wall with a lipstick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x2)
- There was a lipstick mark on the cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x3)
- Lipstick comes in many colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x4)
- The detective found a message written in lipstick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x5)
- Granny never goes out without her lipstick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x6)
- «That's just lipstick on a pig,» said Dad about the new paint on the old car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable for the substance («some lipstick»); countable for a stick («two lipsticks»). One word: lipstick. Related: lip gloss, lip balm (for dry lips).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lipstick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lipstick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lipstick.html) on Mova free.