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Meanings of lick in English
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
Synonyms
Examples for "work"
Examples for "work"
1
However economic migrants, for example, were often young men looking for work.
2
Essential staff needed to continue critical work will remain, the statement read.
3
Energy Future began work on a new bankruptcy plan earlier this year.
4
Depression costs Irish business £170 million each year in lost work days.
5
Essential staff needed to continue critical work will remain, the advisory said.
1
Rather than attack the symptom, the government needs to solve the problem.
2
A case will help, said Webb, but probably not solve everyone's problems.
3
To solve those problems, Engelbart believed humanity needed new ways of working.
4
The government hopes new rules will solve the problem, writes Justin McCurry.
5
The only way you learn to problem solve is by solving problems.
1
He said he needed to work out an inheritance problem with her.
2
More images are currently being planned to help work out what happened.
3
The regulation, for example, about not taking work out of the office...'
4
I'm trying to work out the right balance of history and travel.
5
We need to take time to work out the consequences and act.
1
And try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.
2
I love watching small children try to figure out how waves work.
3
He's trying to figure out a way to solve this Ghaul problem.
4
Stake out a house, figure out the best way in and out.
5
I'm trying to figure out if I believe in progress right now.
1
Oh, I can puzzle out a word of it here and there.
2
I understand ONI mostly kept Vergil busy continuing to puzzle out Forerunner artifacts.
3
It didn't take him long to puzzle out what had happened.
4
The mere attempt to puzzle out the different uniforms is absorbing.
5
It took Mahti a moment to puzzle out what the man was asking.
Usage of lick in English
1
So far, I'm the only one who's done a lick of work.
2
I never saw either one of them do a lick of work.
3
As he watches, fire begins to lick free of the engine block.
4
Don't you remember how you used to love to lick on it?
5
Beggar turned at the door and got in his lick of revenge.
6
Then there's this: Computer animation has yet to lick the warmth factor.
7
For a moment I think I will lick him; then I laugh.
8
Luckily Parliament has rules to encourage a lick of rapid spring cleaning.
9
I was going to lick everybody in the jail, if I must.
10
We both need to lick our wounds and get over what happened.
11
Roberta says Ms. Minnie's admonishment didn't matter a lick to ol' Sam.
12
The last time it had a new lick of paint was 1952.
13
In any event, Kanye West did not make a lick of sense.
14
He could not run, as we were still in the alkali lick.
15
He went in, and began to lick her bleeding shoulders and head.
16
Benvenuto raised his right front paw and gave it a casual lick.
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Lick through the time
Lick across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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