The upper lip carries a short bristly ridge, while the lower one has a sizeable hard edge with which they can scrape food off hard substrate like rocks or logs. See ‘meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Having a tough or sharp quality He's been very instrumental in the way wales have performed, he brings that hard edge and resilience to the defense and he binds the team