lip: significado e definições

Anatomy Either of two fleshy structures that surround the opening of the mouth in humans and other mammals. In humans, the smooth brownish to reddish border of the lip.

A structure or part that encircles or bounds an orifice, as: Anatomy A labium. The margin of flesh around a wound. Either of the margins of the aperture of a gastropod shell. A rim, as of a vessel, bell, or crater.

Botany One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified median petal of an orchid flower.

The tip of a pouring spout, as on a pitcher.

Slang Insolent talk.

To touch the lips to. To kiss.

To utter.

To lap or splash against.

Sports To hit a golf ball so that it touches the edge of (the hole) without dropping in.