| VERB | contact | lick, cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash | beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | lick, lap | pass the tongue over | |
| cognition | lick, solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning / meaning of | |
| consumption | lick, lap, lap up | take up with the tongue | |
| NOUN | object | lick, salt lick | a salt deposit that animals regularly lick |
| act | lick, lap | touching with the tongue | |
| act | lick, punch, clout, poke, biff, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist |
| Sounds | lih'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | A salt deposit that animals regularly lick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | salt lick | |
| Broader | sediment, deposit | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
| Spanish | salera | |
| Catalan | salera | |
| Meaning | touching with the tongue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | lap | |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| Spanish | lamer, lametada | |
| Catalan | llepada | |
| Verbs | lick | pass the tongue over |
| Meaning | (boxing) a blow with the fist. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | punch, clout, poke, biff, slug | |
| Category | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists |
| Narrower | counterpunch, parry, counter | A return punch (especially by a boxer) |
| haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch | A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing | |
| hook | A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | |
| jab | A quick short straight punch | |
| rabbit punch | A short chopping blow to the back of the neck | |
| sucker punch | An unexpected punch | |
| Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
| Spanish | bofetada, gancho, paliza, pinchazo, punch, puñetazo, puñete, tortazo | |
| Catalan | clatellot, mastegot, punyada | |
| Meaning | Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to lick his opponent | |
| Example | "We licked the other team on Sunday!" | |
| Synonyms | cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash | |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Similar to | thrash, thresh, lam, flail | Give a thrashing to |
| Spanish | batear, moler | |
| Meaning | pass the tongue over. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the dog licked her hand" | |
| Synonym | lap | |
| Narrower | tongue | lick or explore with the tongue |
| Broader | stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions |
| Spanish | dar langüetazos, lamber, lamer, langüetear | |
| Catalan | llepar | |
| Nouns | lick | touching with the tongue |
| Meaning | Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning / meaning of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work | |
| Entails | reason | Think logically |
| Narrower | answer | Give the correct answer or solution to |
| answer, resolve | understand the meaning / meaning of | |
| break | Find the solution or key to | |
| guess, infer | guess correctly | |
| riddle | explain a riddle | |
| strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing | |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | deducir, resolver, solucionar, solver | |
| Catalan | resoldre, solucionar | |
| Meaning | take up with the tongue. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" | |
| Synonyms | lap, lap up | |
| Broader | drink, imbibe | take in liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | lamer, sober | |
| Catalan | llepar | |
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