"lick up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: licks up [present, singular, third-person], licking up [participle, present], licked up [participle, past], licked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lick up (third-person singular simple present licks up, present participle licking up, simple past and past participle licked up)
  1. (transitive) To consume something by first licking it from a surface. Tags: transitive Related terms: lick clean Translations (consume by licking): 舔光 (tiǎnguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 添完 (tiǎnwán) (Chinese Mandarin), nuolla (Finnish), լափեմ (lapʻem) (Old Armenian)
    Sense id: en-lick_up-en-verb-rRgU2ihd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lick up meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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