Meaning of "lick" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LICK

Old English liccian; related to Old High German leckon, Latin lingere, Greek leikhein.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LICK

lick  [lɪk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LICK

Lick is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lick in English.

WHAT DOES LICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lick

Lick may refer to: ▪ Licking, passing the tongue over a surface ▪ Lick, a small or ephemeral stream ▪ Lick, a short phrase, or series of notes, often improvised by a musician ▪ Lick, by The Lemonheads ▪ "Lick", by Joi ▪ Lick, an American band, fl. 1990s ▪ Salt lick, a salt deposit that animals regularly lick ▪ Lick's Homeburgers, a Canadian restaurant chain In things named after James Lick: ▪ Lick, a crater on the Moon ▪ 1951 Lick, an asteroid ▪ Lick Observatory, an astronomical observatory in California, United States See also All pages beginning with "James Lick"...

Definition of lick in the English dictionary

The first definition of lick in the dictionary is to pass the tongue over, esp in order to taste or consume. Other definition of lick is to flicker or move lightly over or round. Lick is also to defeat or vanquish.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LICK

PRESENT

Present

I lick

you lick

he/she/it licks

we lick

you lick

they lick

Present continuous

I am licking

you are licking

he/she/it is licking

we are licking

you are licking

they are licking

Present perfect

I have licked

you have licked

he/she/it has licked

we have licked

you have licked

they have licked

Present perfect continuous

I have been licking

you have been licking

he/she/it has been licking

we have been licking

you have been licking

they have been licking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I licked

you licked

he/she/it licked

we licked

you licked

they licked

Past continuous

I was licking

you were licking

he/she/it was licking

we were licking

you were licking

they were licking

Past perfect

I had licked

you had licked

he/she/it had licked

we had licked

you had licked

they had licked

Past perfect continuous

I had been licking

you had been licking

he/she/it had been licking

we had been licking

you had been licking

they had been licking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will lick

you will lick

he/she/it will lick

we will lick

you will lick

they will lick

Future continuous

I will be licking

you will be licking

he/she/it will be licking

we will be licking

you will be licking

they will be licking

Future perfect

I will have licked

you will have licked

he/she/it will have licked

we will have licked

you will have licked

they will have licked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been licking

you will have been licking

he/she/it will have been licking

we will have been licking

you will have been licking

they will have been licking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would lick

you would lick

he/she/it would lick

we would lick

you would lick

they would lick

Conditional continuous

I would be licking

you would be licking

he/she/it would be licking

we would be licking

you would be licking

they would be licking

Conditional perfect

I would have lick

you would have lick

he/she/it would have lick

we would have lick

you would have lick

they would have lick

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been licking

you would have been licking

he/she/it would have been licking

we would have been licking

you would have been licking

they would have been licking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you lick
we let´s lick
you lick

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to lick

Past participle

licked

Present Participle

licking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LICK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lick» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of lick

beat · best · brush · clip · clobber · dab · dart · defeat · excel · flick · flicker · flog · ignite · kindle · lap · outdo · outstrip · overcome · pace · rate · ripple · rout · run rings around · sample · slap · spank · speck · speed · strike · stroke · stuff · surpass · tank · taste · thrash · tongue · top · touch · trounce · undo · vanquish · wallop · wash

TRANSLATION OF LICK

Find out the translation of lick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lick» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 舔
• Translator English - Spanish: lamer
• English: lick
• Translator English - Hindi: चाटना
• Translator English - Arabic: يَلْحَسُ
• Translator English - Russian: лизать
• Translator English - Portuguese: lamber
• Translator English - Bengali: লেহন
• Translator English - French: lécher
• Translator English - Malay: Menjilat
• Translator English - German: lecken
• Translator English - Japanese: なめる
• Translator English - Korean: 핥다
• Translator English - Javanese: Dilat
• Translator English - Vietnamese: liếm
• Translator English - Tamil: சுவைக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: चाटणे
• Translator English - Turkish: yalamak
• Translator English - Italian: leccare
• Translator English - Polish: polizać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лизати
• Translator English - Romanian: a linge
• Translator English - Greek: γλύφω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: lek
• Translator English - Swedish: slicka
• Translator English - Norwegian: slikke

10 QUOTES WITH «LICK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lick.

1

Tori Amos

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.

2

Wernher von Braun

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

3

Kim Cattrall

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.

4

Alex Chilton

Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right.

5

Agatha Christie

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

6

Tre Cool

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

7

Will Estes

You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had.

8

Ellen Forney

A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery.

9

Rocky Graziano

I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.

10

Gary Hamel

At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LICK»

Discover the use of lick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Lick the Sugar Habit

In Lick the Sugar Habit, Dr. Nancy Appleton shows how sugar upsets body chemistry and devastates the endocrine and immune systems, to result in a host of diseases and conditions-from tooth decay to diabetes to osteoporosis.

Nancy Appleton, 1985

Lick: Stage Dive 1

Evelyn Thomas's plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big.

Kylie Scott, 2013

Guitar Lick Factory: Building Great Blues, Rock & Jazz Lines

Written by the music editor of "Guitar Player, Guitar Lick Factory" offers hundreds of ready-to-play licks the lines that help create irresistible music.

Jesse Gress, 2003

A Lick of Frost: A Novel

But I know that Taranis’s charges are baseless, and I sense that his true target is me. He tried to kill me when I was a child. Now I fear his intentions are far more terrifying. From the Hardcover edition.

Laurell K. Hamilton, 2007

Straight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux

A critical examination of the films of Oscar Micheaux.

J. Ronald Green, 2000

James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and ...

Based on exhaustive research, this work makes a valuable contribution to the history of astronomy. The volume is enhanced by a fascinating collection of original photographs from the period that are of great historical interest.

Helen Wright, 2003

Lick the Sugar Habit Sugar Counter: Discover the Hidden ...

An expert in clinical nutrition helps readers eliminate sugar from their everyday diet plan, listing the sugar, calorie, and simple and complex carbohydrate contents of thousands of brand name and generic foods, including processed foods ...

Nancy Appleton, 2001

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek

A coming-of-age story with a wicked twist, it reaches into the depths of a nation and asks what lies beneath. The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek received its European premiegrave;re at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in February 2001.

Naomi Wallace, 2001

Lick It! Fix Her Appetite Switch

It's also what makes the difference between failure and lasting success. In this book, you'll get factual, scientific information about the appetite switch and how you can be of tremendous help.

Anne Katherine, 2009

Never Lick a Moving Blender

Marvin Phillips uses his endearing wit and well-known wisdom to deliver a book that does all that and more. This fully illustrated book is fun reading with a healthy infusion of optimism and hope.

Marvin Phillips, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lick is used in the context of the following news items.

Lick Ice Creams celebrates new Burnet Road shop with free scoops …

North Austinites, rejoice! Popular ice cream shop, Lick Honest Ice Creams, is opening its Burnet Road location on July 22. To celebrate, the ... «CultureMap Austin, Jul 15»

Villar: G2G scheme will lick rice smuggling | Inquirer News

TO solve the recurring problem of rice smuggling in the country, Senator Cynthia Villar urged the National Food Authority (NFA) on Monday to ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

Fragrance: why everyone likes a lick of leather - Newsweek

Fragrance: why everyone likes a lick of leather. By Alice Hart-Davis 7/19/15 at 1:00 PM. Galimard perfume factory The Galimard perfume factoryEric Gaillard/ ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

Private mining companies lick their lips as £3.5 trillion of platinum …

Private mining companies and entrepreneurs will be licking their lips as they watch the skies this evening (19 July), as asteroid 2011 UW-158 ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»

Nathan Haas: “It is the Tour de France, man. We are not here to lick …

RODEZ, France (CT) – Never mind that he had been out front for almost two hundred kilometres on stage 13 of the Tour de France, infiltrating a ... «CyclingTips, Jul 15»

Lick the Plate: Sushi love at the Sushi Lounge in Encinitas

Sushi Lounge co-owner Katie Rooney on KRPI's Lick the Plate talks about some of her fabulous sushi creations. Photo by David Boylan. «Coast News, Jul 15»

Mary Ingles' historic escape from Shawnees to be celebrated …

Big Bone Lick will host an event Saturday celebrating the rich history of the site and the incredible journey of Mary Draper Ingles. The event ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»

May's Lick Lions Club holds meeting

May's Lick Lions Club will hold its first meeting after installing new officers from June 2015 until June 2016. President Alvin Davis opened the ... «Ledger Independent, Jul 15»

In Focus: Just a lick

Tia Jackson, 15, of Hampshire sits with a four-month-old calf during the first day of the Kane County Fair Wednesday in St. Charles. Tia is a ... «Kane County Chronicle, Jul 15»

Would you give hemp ice cream a lick?

Hemp ice creams may sound a bit woolly, but that's exactly what holidaymakers in a Westcountry seaside town are being treated to. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»