Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sip \Sip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sipping}.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s?pan to
sip, suck up, drink. See {Sup}, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to
take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
as, to sip tea. ``Every herb that sips the dew.''
--Milton.
2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar
from the flowers.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sip \Sip\, v. i.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to
take a sip or sips of something.
[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then,
sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sip \Sip\, n.
1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in
delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton.
A sip is all that the public ever care to take from
reservoirs of abstract philosophy. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sip \Sip\, v. i.
See {Seep}. [Scot. & U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sip
n : a small drink [syn: {nip}]
v : drink in sips
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