LICK INTO SHAPE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Lick into Shape (To). According to tradition the cubs of bears are cast shapeless, and remain so till the dam has licked them into proper form. "So watchful Bruin forms, with plastic care, Each growing lump, and brings it to a bear." Pope: Dunciad, i, 101. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: LICK INTO SHAPE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Form	Verb: form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build; (construct).
Preparation	Roughhew; cut out work; block out, hammer out; lick into shape; (form).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expression: LICK INTO SHAPE

Modern Translation: LICK INTO SHAPE

Language		Translations for "LICK INTO SHAPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		e bëj të përdorshëm. (various references)

Arabic		‏نجا (come through, escape, rap, ride out, shave). (various references)

Czech		vypiplat. (various references)

French		s'échapper. (various references)

Hebrew		ליעל (make efficient, rationalize). (various references)

Hungarian		kipofoz (to third-degree), helyrepofoz valamit. (various references)

Pig Latin		icklay intoay apeshay

Russian		придавать форму (fashion, shape). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		doterati (adjust, drive, furbish, nidge, polish, regulate, smarten, spruce, straighten out, touch up). (various references)

Spanish		hacer más presentable, hacer más eficiente. (various references)

Swedish		få ordning på. (various references)

Thai		ปรับให้เหมาะสม. (various references)

Turkish		yontmak (chip, chisel, cut, fair, fine away, fine down, hack, hew, pare, pare off, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, skive, Whittle), şekil vermek (dress, form, give form, give shape, mould, set, shape, stamp out, style), adam etmek (bring to heel, bring up well, civilize, make a man). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: LICK INTO SHAPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-k-l-n-o-p-s-t"
	-2 letters: neophiliacs, spinachlike.
	-3 letters: alpenstock, antipolice, chelations, clothespin, epilations, isoplethic, kaolinites, neophiliac, neophilias, neoplastic, panickiest, plasticine, pleonastic, plications, speciation.
	-4 letters: antipoles, antishock, aphelions, cathepsin, cenotaphs, cephalins, chalkiest, chelation, chinkiest, ciphonies, cisalpine, cisplatin, coastline, conepatls, epilation, epsilonic, ethicians, hackliest, hailstone, haplontic, helicopts, inelastic, kaolinite, kephalins, lecithins, neolithic, neophilia, opacities, opticians, pachinkos, phenolics, phonetics, picolines, pinochles.
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Specialty Definition: LICK INTO SHAPE

Expression using "LICK INTO SHAPE": To lick into shape. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.