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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sip \Sip\ (s[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped} (s[i^]pt); 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.


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     2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar
        from the flowers.
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     3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
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              They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sip
       n : a small drink [syn: {nip}]
       v : drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea"
       [also: {sipping}, {sipped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sipped
       See {sip}

















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