The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lick \Lick\ (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked (l[i^]kt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n,
   D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[=o]n,
   Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr. lih, rih.
   [root]121. Cf. Lecher, Relish.]
   1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his
      master's hand. --Addison.
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   2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks
      milk. --Shak.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lick \Lick\, n.
   A slap; a quick stroke. [Colloq.] "A lick across the face."
   --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lick \Lick\, n. [See Lick, v.]
   1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey
      pot." --Dryden.
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   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.]
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            A lick of court whitewash.            --Gray.
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   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. Called also salt lick.
      [U. S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lick \Lick\, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l[aum]gga to place, strike, prick.]
   To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to
   whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or
   Low] --Carlyle. --Thackeray.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lick
    n 1: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: salt
         lick, lick]
    2: touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
       [syn: lick, lap]
    3: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
       nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
    v 1: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
         "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
         clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
    2: pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" [syn: lick,
       lap]
    3: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand
       the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your
       problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't
       going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my
       meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn:
       solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick,
       work]
    4: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the
       cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap,
       lap up, lick]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

246 Moby Thesaurus words for "lick":
   addle, amaze, approach, assay, attempt, baffle, bamboozle, bang,
   bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow,
   beating, belt, best, bid, biff, bite, blow, boggle, bonk, breath,
   brush, buffalo, cadenza, career, caress, cast, chop, clip, clobber,
   clout, clump, confound, conk, conquer, contact, crack, cut,
   cutaneous sense, dash, daze, defeat, destroy, dig, dint,
   dirty work, do in, donkeywork, down, dress down, drub, drubbing,
   drudgery, drumming, effort, employment, endeavor, essay,
   experiment, extempore, fag, fatigue, feel, feeling,
   fingertip caress, fix, flax, flick, fling, floor, flourish, fuddle,
   fusillade, gait, gambit, get, give a dressing-down, glance, gleam,
   go, graze, grind, hand-mindedness, handiwork, handwork, hide, hint,
   hit, hors de combat, hot lick, hurdle, idea, impromptu,
   improvisation, industry, interpolation, intimation, jab,
   keep in suspense, kiss, knock, labor, lambaste, lambency, lap,
   lap up, larrup, lather, leather, lick of work, light touch, look,
   manual labor, master, maze, moil, mouth, move, muddle, mystify,
   nonplus, offer, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver,
   outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, overwhelm, pace, paddle, pelt,
   perplex, plunk, poke, pound, progress, punch, put, puzzle, rap,
   rat race, rate, riff, rub, ruin, scintilla, scut work,
   sense of touch, settle, shade, shadow, shellac, shot, sip, skin,
   skin alive, slam, slavery, slog, slug, slurp, smack, smash,
   smattering, smear, smell, smother, soak up, sock, soupcon,
   spadework, spark, sponge up, sprinkling, stab, step, stick, stride,
   stroke, stroke of work, strong bid, stump, suggestion, sup,
   surmount, suspicion, swat, sweat, swing, swipe, tactile sense,
   taction, take the cake, tan, tap, task, taste, tattoo, tentative,
   tentative poke, thought, thrash, throw, thump, thwack, tincture,
   tinge, tiresome work, toil, tongue, touch, trace, travail, travel,
   tread, treadmill, trial, trial and error, trim, triumph,
   triumph over, trounce, try, undertaking, undo, vamp, wallop, welt,
   whack, whale, whiff, whip, whisper, whop, win, wipe, work, worst,
   yerk