[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lick \lick\, v. t. cf. osw. laumgga 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 --carlyle. --thackeray.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lick \lick\ li^k, v. t. imp.  p. p. licked li^kt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. licking. as. liccian; akin to os. likk=on,
   d. likken, ohg. lecch=on, g. lecken, goth. bi-laig=on,
   russ. lizate, l. lingere, gr. lei`chein, skr. lih, rih.
   root121. cf. lecher, relish.
   1. to draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his
      master's hand. --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. to lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks
      milk. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
licked licking lecher relish to lick the dust to lick into shape 
to lick the spittle of to lick up 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lick \lick\, n.
   a slap; a quick stroke. colloq. "a lick across the face."
   --dryden.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lick \lick\, n. see lick, v.
   1. a stroke of the tongue in licking. "a lick at the honey
      pot." --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            a lick of court whitewash.            --gray.
      1913 webster

   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. called also salt lick.
      u. s.
      1913 webster
see also:
lick salt lick 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lick
     n 1: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick syn: salt lick
     2: touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
        syn: lap
     3: boxing a blow with the fist; "i gave him a clout on his
        nose" syn: punch, clout, poke, biff
     v 1: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "we licked the
          other team on sunday" syn: bat, clobber, drub, thrash
     2: pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" syn: lap
     3: 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"
        syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work
     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
see also:
salt lick lap punch clout poke biff 
bat clobber drub thrash solve 
work out figure out puzzle out work lap up 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

246 moby thesaurus words for "lick":
   addle, amaze, approach, assay, attempt, baffle, bamboozle, bang,
   bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow,
   beating, belt, best, bid, biff, bite, blow, boggle, bonk, breath,
   brush, buffalo, cadenza, career, caress, cast, chop, clip, clobber,
   clout, clump, confound, conk, conquer, contact, crack, cut,
   cutaneous sense, dash, daze, defeat, destroy, dig, dint,
   dirty work, do in, donkeywork, down, dress down, drub, drubbing,
   drudgery, drumming, effort, employment, endeavor, essay,
   experiment, extempore, fag, fatigue, feel, feeling,
   fingertip caress, fix, flax, flick, fling, floor, flourish, fuddle,
   fusillade, gait, gambit, get, give a dressing-down, glance, gleam,
   go, graze, grind, hand-mindedness, handiwork, handwork, hide, hint,
   hit, hors de combat, hot lick, hurdle, idea, impromptu,
   improvisation, industry, interpolation, intimation, jab,
   keep in suspense, kiss, knock, labor, lambaste, lambency, lap,
   lap up, larrup, lather, leather, lick of work, light touch, look,
   manual labor, master, maze, moil, mouth, move, muddle, mystify,
   nonplus, offer, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver,
   outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, overwhelm, pace, paddle, pelt,
   perplex, plunk, poke, pound, progress, punch, put, puzzle, rap,
   rat race, rate, riff, rub, ruin, scintilla, scut work,
   sense of touch, settle, shade, shadow, shellac, shot, sip, skin,
   skin alive, slam, slavery, slog, slug, slurp, smack, smash,
   smattering, smear, smell, smother, soak up, sock, soupcon,
   spadework, spark, sponge up, sprinkling, stab, step, stick, stride,
   stroke, stroke of work, strong bid, stump, suggestion, sup,
   surmount, suspicion, swat, sweat, swing, swipe, tactile sense,
   taction, take the cake, tan, tap, task, taste, tattoo, tentative,
   tentative poke, thought, thrash, throw, thump, thwack, tincture,
   tinge, tiresome work, toil, tongue, touch, trace, travail, travel,
   tread, treadmill, trial, trial and error, trim, triumph,
   triumph over, trounce, try, undertaking, undo, vamp, wallop, welt,
   whack, whale, whiff, whip, whisper, whop, win, wipe, work, worst,
   yerk

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