Read full poem →Were it to be twisted in flight.
Licking passions have bitten their arabesques into it,
And the mark of them lies, in and out,
Dictionary Entry
To stroke with the tongue.
In a Sentence
“The cat licked its fur.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. lickinglicking flameslicking began
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Synonyms
Poetry examples for “licking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But with a piteous and perpetual moan,
And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand
Which answered not with a caress--he died.
Read full poem →But with a piteous and perpetual moan,
And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand
Which answered not with a caress--he died.
Read full poem →Well, somehow or other it ended at last
And, licking her whiskers, out she passed; 325
And after her--making (he hoped) a face