Results for: "lick"
Translating from English to Norwegian
Translations:
lick
→ raskt strøk maling
Additional Definitions (WordNet):
NOUN (3)
1.
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick;
[syn: salt lick, lick]
2. touching with the tongue;
- Example: "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
[syn: lick, lap]
3. (boxing) a blow with the fist;
- Example: "I gave him a clout on his nose"
[syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
VERB (4)
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
- Example: "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
[syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
2. pass the tongue over;
- Example: "the dog licked her hand"
[syn: lick, lap]
3. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;
- Example: "did you solve the problem?"
- Example: "Work out your problems with the boss"
- Example: "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"
- Example: "did you get it?"
- Example: "Did you get my meaning?"
- Example: "He could not work the math problem"
[syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work]
4. take up with the tongue;
- Example: "The cat lapped up the milk"
- Example: "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
[syn: lap, lap up, lick]
