1. to understand speech by watching the movements of a speaker's lips and mouth, without hearing the words
Usage: third person singular present tense of lipread; commonly used by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals

Examples

• She lipreads during conversations in noisy environments.
• The deaf student lipreads her teacher's lectures in class.
• He lipreads the news anchor on the television screen.
• Many people who are hard of hearing lipread to supplement their hearing aids.
• The interpreter lipreads the speaker to provide accurate sign language translation.