Drink and Lick

Drink

Drink verb - To swallow in liquid form.

Usage example: the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination

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Lick and drink are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lick" instead a verb "Drink".

Nearby Words: drinking, drinkable, drinker

Lick verb - Take up with the tongue.

Usage example: the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast

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Drink and lick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drink" instead a verb "Lick".

Nearby Words: licked, licking

long	long drink	long lick
single	single drink	single lick
big	big drink	big lick
quiet	quiet drink	quiet lick
Other adjectives: quick, occasional.

Upon discovering that Seras has yet to drink blood from a live human and her on-field performance is declining as a result, Integra slices her finger with a knife and orders Seras to lick it.

Source: Manga / Hellsing
Integra gets budding vampire Seras to drink blood from a live human for the first time by cutting her finger and ordering her to lick it clean.

Source: Does This Remind You Of Anything / Anime and Manga
Pokémon: While their Pokédex entries say that they eat, drink and sleep like one would expect animal-like creatures to, any Pokemon the player captures never seems to need a lick of personal care outside of basic Pokémon first aid.

Source: Automaton Horses

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