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Meaning of lick up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To consume something by first licking it from a surface.

transitive

Equivalents

Deutsch ablecken abschlecken
Suomi nuolla
Latina ligurrio

Examples

“There was likewise a homeless dog, with his tail between his legs, licking up the crumbs and gnawing the fragments of the feast”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

licked licked clean licked into shape licked one's chops licked one's lips licked one's wounds

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