Shahi - A visual dictionary

See also lǐkē, lìkè

(verb)
1. To enjoy; prefer; favor; be in favor of.
  I like hamburgers.
  I like skiing in winter.
  I like the Milwaukee Braves this season.
2. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
  I like to go to the dentist every six months.
  She likes to keep herself physically fit.
  We like to keep one around the office just in case.
3. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
  I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
4. To want.
  - 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10:
    “I can tell you more than that, if you like,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”
(noun)
1. Something that a person likes (prefers).
  Tell me your likes and dislikes.

(adjective)
1. similar
  May partner and I have like minds.
  - 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
    ... and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.

(adverb)
1. for example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples
  There are lots of birds like ducks and gulls in this park.

(noun)
1. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
  We shall never see his like again. — Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
  There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
  It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.

(conjunction)
1. As if; as though.
  It looks like you've finished the project.
  It seemed like you didn't care.

(preposition)
1. Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
  These hamburgers taste like leather.

(interjection)
1. Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
  divint ye knaa, like?

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