lick up en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To consume something by first licking it from a surface.
There was likewise a homeless dog, with his tail between his legs, licking up the crumbs and gnawing the fragments of the feast
1854, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Christmas Banquet:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| licks up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| licked up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| licked up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| licking up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (5)
xcl լափեմ (consume by licking) · ota یالامق (consume by licking) · cmn 添完 (consume by licking) · cmn 舔光 (consume by licking) · fi nuolla (consume by licking)