What is the meaning of licked?

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
- usage: "We licked the other team on Sunday"
- synonyms: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
Pass the tongue over.
- usage: "the dog licked her hand"
- synonyms: lick, lap
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Take up with the tongue.
- usage: "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
- synonyms: lap, lap up, lick

Having been got the better of.
- usage: "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

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