Meaning & use
licked
Moved the tongue across something, typically to taste, clean, or moisten it.
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The dog licked the empty bowl clean before wandering back outside.
She licked the envelope shut and dropped it into the mailbox.
A note on using this word
Informally, licked can also mean thoroughly defeated or exhausted, as in the team looked completely licked by halftime.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Informal: completely defeated, beaten, or exhausted.
By the final mile of the race, he felt utterly licked and could barely finish.
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