lick
n. நக்குதல், நாவினால் துழாவுதல், விலங்குகள் உப்பினை நக்குமிடம், சுரீரென்ற அடி, நாக்கு உறிஞ்சிய அளவு, மேலீடான பூச்சு, (வினை) நக்கு, சுவைக்காக நாவினைத் துழாவு, நக்கி ஈரமாக்கு, நக்கித் துப்புரவு செய், நக்கிக்குடி, உறிஞ்சு, துடை, அலைகள்-தீநா முதலியவை வகையில் மேலே லேசாகத் தொட்டுக்கொண்டு செல், தீநா வகையில் ஊர்ந்துசென்று விழுங்கிவிடு, சண்டையில் அல்லது போட்டியில் தோல்வி உறச் செய், விஞ்சு.
Lick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked; p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] Etym: [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk, D. likken, OHG. lecch, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lih, rih. . Cf. Lecher, Relish.] 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. Addison. 2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. Shak. To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." Ps. lxxii. 9. -- To lick into shape, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. Hudibras. -- To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon. South. -- To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. Shak. Num. xxii. 4. Lick, n. Etym: [See Lick, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot." Dryden. 2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court white wash. Gray. 3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. [U. S.] Lick, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OSw. lägga to place, strike, prick.] Defn: To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray. Lick, n. Defn: A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] "A lick across the face." Dryden.