2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lick \Lick\ (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[i^]kt); p.
pr & vb n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian akin to OS likk[=o]n,
D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[=o]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. ``His
enemies shall lick the dust.'' --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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
licked
adj : (informal) having been got the better of "I'm pretty beat
up but I don't feel licked yet"
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