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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Idioms for lick
Origin of lick
before 1000; Middle English; Old English liccian, cognate with Old Saxon liccōn,Old High German leckōn; akin to Go bilaigon,Latin lingere,Greek leíchein to lick (up)
OTHER WORDS FROM lick
licker, nounWords nearby lick
lichi, lich stone, licht, Lichtenstein, licit, lick, lick-alike, licker-in, lickerish, lickety-split, licking
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British Dictionary definitions for lick
lick
/ (lɪk) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of lick
licker, nounWord Origin for lick
Old English liccian; related to Old High German leckon, Latin lingere, Greek leikhein
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