lick
1. a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
• Syn:
salt lick
• Hypernyms:
sediment, deposit
2. touching with the tongue
- the dog's laps were warm and wet
• Syn:
lap
• Derivationally related forms:
lap (for: lap)
• Hypernyms:
touch, touching
3. (boxing) a blow with the fist
- I gave him a clout on his nose
• Syn:
punch, clout, poke, biff, slug
• Derivationally related forms:
slug (for: slug), biff (for: biff), poke (for: poke), clout (for: clout), punch (for: punch)
• Topics:
boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs
• Hypernyms:
blow
• Hyponyms:
counterpunch, parry, counter, haymaker, knockout punch,
KO punch, Sunday punch, hook, jab, rabbit punch, sucker punch
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (Freq. 12)
- We licked the other team on Sunday!
• Syn:
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash
• Derivationally related forms:
thrashing (for: thrash), drubbing (for: drub)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Group:
thrash, thresh, lam, flail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to lick his opponent
2. pass the tongue over (Freq. 7)
- the dog licked her hand
• Syn:
lap
• Derivationally related forms:
lap (for: lap)
• Hypernyms:
stroke
• Hyponyms:
tongue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work
• Derivationally related forms:
workable (for: work), solution (for: solve), solver (for: solve), solvent (for: solve), solving (for: solve)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Hyponyms:
answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess,
infer, break
• Entailment:
reason
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. take up with the tongue
- The cat lapped up the milk
- the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
• Syn:
lap, lap up
• Derivationally related forms:
lap (for: lap)
• Hypernyms:
drink, imbibe
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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