lick
verb (used with object)
to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.).
had licked
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past perfectof lick.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The cocoa tasted very bad: earthy and slightly numbing, as if I had licked the bottom of the cupboard under the bathroom sink.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2019
Clinging to a slippery slope 15 feet above the current, they had licked water droplets from the limestone walls.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2018
Downing also was recorded saying he wouldn't touch envelopes containing written motions filed by Niroula, who was acting as his own attorney, because Niroula had licked them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
Some time earlier, the leopard’s mate died, and she had licked her majestic tail bald.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2014
When the flames had licked at Rattleshirt, the ruby at her throat had grown so hot that she had feared her own flesh might start to smoke and blacken.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
