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English Dictionary: lick	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for lick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lick n a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: {salt lick}, lick] touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" Synonym(s): lick, lap (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" Synonym(s): punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" Synonym(s): cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" Synonym(s): lick, lap find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" Synonym(s): solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" Synonym(s): lap, lap up, lick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lick \Lick\, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l[84]gga to place, strike, prick.] To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lick \Lick\ (l[icr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[icr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[omac]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[omac]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[omac]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr. lih, rih. [root]121. Cf. {Lecher}, {Relish}.] 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. --Addison. 2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. --Shak. {To lick the dust}, to be slain; to fall in battle. [bd]His enemies shall lick the dust.[b8] --Ps. lxxii. 9. {To lick into shape}, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras. {To lick the spittle of}, to fawn upon. --South. {To lick up}, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. --Shak. --Num. xxii. 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lick \Lick\, n. A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] [bd]A lick across the face.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lick \Lick\, n. [See {Lick}, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. [bd]A lick at the honey pot.[b8] --Dryden. 2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court whitewash. --Gray. 3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. [U. S.]