āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to lick
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻˇāĻž
to pass the tongue over a surface, typically to taste or eat something
Transitive: to lick a surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The toddler licked the spoon after finishing her yogurt.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to defeat someone with ease or in a decisive manner
Transitive: to lick an opponent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boxer licked his rival in the final round of the match.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to overcome or solve a problem completely
Transitive: to lick a problem or challenge
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
With hard work, she licked the difficult math problem and solved it in minutes.
āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to touch or move something with your tongue, often to taste or clean it
Transitive: to lick sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She licked the ice cream cone, savoring every bite.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ
touching with the tongue
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āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ
(boxing) a blow with the fist
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ˛āĻŦāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
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lick, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻļ
a short, recognizable series of notes or a musical phrase
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The guitarist played a killer lick during the solo.
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ lick āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
licked
licking
lick
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
