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LAP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take up with the tongue

Example:

the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast

Synonyms:

lap; lap up; lick

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "lap up" is one way to...):

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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