usage: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "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"
4. lap, lap up, lick, drink, imbibe
usage: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
Adjective
1. licked, defeated (vs. undefeated)
usage: having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"