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lick clean

lick clean verb: to empty (something) by eating its contents.

Verb

lick clean (third-person singular simple present licks clean, present participle licking clean, simple past and past participle licked clean)

  1. (transitive) To empty (something) by eating its contents.

Forms of lick clean

third-person singular presentlicks clean
present participlelicking clean
past participlelicked clean
pastlicked clean

Origin of lick clean

From lick + clean.

Questions about lick clean

What does lick clean mean?
Lick clean means to empty (something) by eating its contents.
What part of speech is lick clean?
Lick clean is a verb.
What is the past tense of lick clean?
The past tense of lick clean is licked clean.

Words near lick clean in the dictionary

  1. licitness
  2. Licius
  3. lick
  4. lick and a promise
  5. lick and stick
  6. lick clean
  7. lick into shape
  8. lick job
  9. lick jobs
  10. lick log
  11. lick logs

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