LIKES
Proper noun
Likes
plural of Like
Anagrams
• Kiles, kiles, kisel, silke, slike
Noun
likes
plural of like
Verb
likes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of like
First person singular simple present indicative form of like
Third person plural simple present indicative form of like
Anagrams
• Kiles, kiles, kisel, silke, slike
Source: Wiktionary
LIKE
Like, a. [Compar. Liker; superl. Likest.] Etym: [OE. lik, ilik,
gelic, AS. gelic, fr. pref. ge- + lic body, and orig. meaning, having
the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS.
gilik, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gilih, Icel. likr, glikr, Dan. lig,
Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. lik,
Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly is from the same
adjective. Cf. Each, Such, Which.]
1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or
characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often
with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like
each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
'The as like you As cherry is to cherry. Shak.
Like master, like man. Old Prov.
He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
Ps. cxlvii. 16.
Note: To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually omitted.
2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the
like space before. Sprat.
3. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
[Likely is more used now.] Shak.
But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of
these practices. South.
Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to
strict rules. Clarendon.
4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk. Had
like (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of.
Had like to have been my utter overthrow. Sir W. Raleigh
Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected
herself in time. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Like figures (Geom.), similar figures.
Note: Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives
expressing resemblance to the noun; as, manlike, like a man;
childlike, like a child; godlike, like a god, etc. Such compounds are
readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike,
serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book, although, in some
cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as bell-like,
ball-like, etc., are hyphened.
Like, n.
1. That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an
exact resemblance; a copy.
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like
again. Shak.
2. A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all
have likes and dislikes.
Like, adv. Etym: [AS. gelice. See Like, a.]
1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act
like him.
He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Job xii. 25.
Note: Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a
preposition.
2. In a like or similar manner. Shak.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear him. Ps. ciii. 13.
3. Likely; probably. "Like enough it will." Shak.
Like, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liked; p. pr. & vb. n. Liking.] Etym: [OE.
liken to please, AS. lician, gelician, fr.gelic. See Like, a.]
1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. [Obs.]
Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there. R. of Gloucester.
I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue
in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored
creature. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take
satisfaction in; to enjoy.
He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving. Sir
P. Sidney.
3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]
Like me to the peasant boys of France. Shak.
Like, v. i.
1. To be pleased; to choose.
He may either go or stay, as he best likes. Locke.
2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a
specified condition). [Obs.]
You like well, and bear your years very well. Shak.
3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he
liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a. [Colloq.]
He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by
viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington
Garden. Walpole.
To like of, to be pleased with. [Obs.] Massinger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition