Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To see, mention, or show as similar; compare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make like; cause to resemble.
- To represent, declare, or describe as like or similar; compare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare.
- transitive verb rare To make or cause to be like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
compare ; to state that (something) is like (something else).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I kind of liken his involvement in the show with what his involvement in 'Empire Strikes Back' or 'Return of the Jedi' was.
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Dont "liken" yourself to the president now! lol ...
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But, as Bill said, the chemistry was there at the very beginning and I actually kind of liken it to when you meet a new friend and you have an easy conversation and it just clicks and you feel like you know that person.
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I kind of liken my need to write, to a kind of exorcising of certain feelings out of my head, and heart, and gut.
Archive 2010-06-01 Megan Arkenberg 2010
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I kind of liken my need to write, to a kind of exorcising of certain feelings out of my head, and heart, and gut.
Watery Matters Megan Arkenberg 2010
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But, as Bill said, the chemistry was there at the very beginning and I actually kind of liken it to when you meet a new friend and you have an easy conversation and it just clicks and you feel like you know that person.
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I kind of liken this to what happened when John Lennon died and the crowds began to gather at "Strawberry Fields" and they didn ` t leave for days.
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I kind of liken my need to write, to a kind of exorcising of certain feelings out of my head, and heart, and gut.
Tethered to an Island Megan Arkenberg 2009
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And I kind of liken this to the New York Giants going up against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
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I kind of liken it to after 9/11 when we discovered how many different federal agencies are in charge of things that would relate to our security.
Kristianto2010 commented on the word liken
Whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. — Matthew 7:24
February 5, 2011
bilby commented on the word liken
Many rocks have lichens on them.
February 5, 2011