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Like

verb

(past & past part. liked; pres. part. liking)

1.

Prefer or wish to do something. Synonyms: care, wish. "Would you like to come along to the movies?"

2.

Find enjoyable or agreeable. "She likes to read Russian novels"

3.

Be fond of.

4.

Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard.

5.

Want to have.

adjective

(compar. liker; superl. likest)

1.

Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. Synonym: similar. "A limited circle of like minds" , "Members of the cat family have like dispositions" , "As like as two peas in a pod" , "Doglike devotion" , "A dreamlike quality"

2.

Equal in amount or value. Synonym: same. "Equivalent amounts" , "The same amount" , "Gave one six blows and the other a like number" , "The same number"

3.

Having the same or similar characteristics. Synonyms: alike, similar. "They looked utterly alike" , "Friends are generally alike in background and taste"

4.

Conforming in every respect. Synonyms: comparable, corresponding. "The like period of the preceding year"

noun

1.

A similar kind. Synonyms: the like, the likes of. "We don't want the likes of you around here"

2.

A kind of person. Synonym: ilk. "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"

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— With the Boer Forces • Howard C. Hillegas

... solid shot among them. Ja, who was chief artillery officer, was in command of this branch of the service, and he did some excellent work, for his Mezop gunners had become rather proficient by this time. The Sagoths couldn't stand much of this sort of warfare, so they charged us, yelling like fiends. We let them come quite close, and then the musketeers who formed the first line ...

— Pellucidar • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... behest with good result. "I'm cross this morning," wrote a young missionary at the beginning of a long letter, "and I know it is all my own fault, but I am sure that writing to you will put me in a better temper. When things go wrong, there is nothing like a talk with you.... Now I must stop, the letter has worked the cure." Her letters of counsel to her colleagues when they were in difficulties with their work were helpful and inspiring to the highest degree. On occasions of trial or sorrow she always knew the right word to say. ...

— Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary • W. P. Livingstone

... Let's chaunt it altogether, And let each cull's and doxy's heart [6] Be lighter than a feather; And as the kelter runs quite flush, [7] Like natty shining kiddies, To treat the coaxing, giggling brims, [8] With spunk let's post our neddies; [9] Then we'll all roll in bub and grub, [10] Till from this ken we go, [11] Since rowling Joe's tuck'd up with Moll, And Moll's tuck'd ...

— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer

... is spoken like you, Ned! But stand forth, sir! Let me see if you are changed, if four years at the College of Princeton have made another fellow of my old Calvert of Strathore." He went over to the young man and drew him into the middle of the room, where the cold, ...

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