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1. Having been got the better of
   "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

1. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
   - cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, trounce, slaughter, beat hollow, muller [Brit], smoke [N. Amer], wipe the floor, hammer
    
2. Pass the tongue over
   "the dog licked her hand"
   - lap
    
3. Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
   "did you lick the problem?"
   - solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work
    
4. Take up with the tongue
   "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
   - lap, lap up

See also: defeated

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, drink, imbibe, shell, stroke, trounce, understand, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Lick