Adjective licked has 1 sense
- licked - having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"
Antonym: undefeated (indirect, via defeated)
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Verb lick has 4 senses
- bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
--1 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to lick his opponent
- lick, lap - pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
--2 is one way to stroke, fondle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work - 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"
--3 is one way to understand
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- lap, lap up, lick - take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
--4 is one way to drink, imbibe
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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