Search results for 'like':

like¹ adj 1 similar; resembling • as like as two peas. 2 typical of • It's just like them to forget. 3 used in asking someone for a description of someone or something • What's he like? prep 1 in the same manner as; to the same extent as • run like a deer. 2 such as • animals like cats and dogs. adverb 1 colloq approximately. 2 colloq as it were • It was magic, like. conj, colloq 1 as if; as though • It's like I've been here before. 2 in the same way as • not pretty like you are. noun usually preceded by a possessive pronoun: the counterpart or equal of someone or something • people of their like. anything like often with negatives nearly • not anything like as good as the other one. the like a things of the same kind • TVs, radios and the like are on the third floor; b with negatives and in questions anything similar • never see the like again. the likes of usually contemptuous people or things such as • wouldn't have much to do with the likes of them. like as not dialect probably • She'll be on time, like as not. nothing like not nearly • His new film is nothing like as good as his last one. something like approximately • paid something like £150 to get her car repaired. like a ... see under the following noun, eg for like a bat out of hell see under bat². like crazy or mad colloq furiously; very much, fast, etc • drove like crazy. like one of the family colloq as though someone or something was a member of one's family • She treats that cat like one of the family. like what non-standard in the same way as • He's not mad like what you are. more like it a nearer to what is wanted or required • A cup of tea? A large brandy would be more like it; b nearer to the truth • calls her his research assistant but dogsbody is more like it.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon gelic alike.

like² verb (liked, liking) 1 to be pleased with something. 2 to find someone or something pleasant or agreeable. 3 to be fond of someone or something. 4 to prefer • She likes her tea without sugar. 5 to wish, or wish for • if you like. noun (likes) things that someone has a preference for • likes and dislikes. I like that! ironic expressing surprise or shock. (to do something) and like it (to put up with doing something that is unpleasant) without complaining. like it or lump it see under lump².
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon lician to please.

-like adj, forming adjectives, signifying a resembling • catlike; b typical of • childlike; c colloq somewhat • weird-like.