Tra từ lick - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lick [lick licks licked licking] verb, noun BrE [lɪk] NAmE [lɪk]
verb
1. transitive to move your tongue over the surface of sth in order to eat it, make it wet or clean it
•~ sth He licked his fingers.
•I'm tired of licking envelopes.
•The cat sat licking its paws.
•~ sth + adj. She licked the spoon clean.
2. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to eat or drink sth by licking it
•The cat licked up the milk.
•She licked the honey off the spoon.
3. transitive, intransitive (of flames)to touch sth lightly
•~ sth Flames were soon licking the curtains.
•~ at sth The flames were now licking at their feet.
4. transitive ~ sb/sth (informal)to easily defeat sb or deal with sth
•We thought we had them licked.
•It was a tricky problem but I think we've licked it.
more at lick/smack your lips at ↑lip, get/knock/lick sth/sb into shape at ↑shape _n.
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Word Origin:
Old English liccian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch likken and German lecken, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek leikhein and Latin lingere.
Idioms: ↑at a lick ▪ ↑lick and a promise ▪ ↑lick somebody's boots ▪ ↑lick your wounds

noun
1. countable an act of licking sth with the tongue
•Can I have a lick of your ice cream?
2. singular a ~ of paint (informal)a small amount of paint, used to make a place look better
•What this room needs is a lick of paint.
3. countable (informal)a short piece of music which is part of a song and is played on a ↑guitar
•a guitar/blues lick

Word Origin:
Old English liccian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch likken and German lecken, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek leikhein and Latin lingere.

See also: ↑lick somebody's arse