- like (Adj.)
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Neuenglisch-germanisches Wörterbuch. Gerhard Köbler. 2010.
Neuenglisch-germanisches Wörterbuch. Gerhard Köbler. 2010.
like# — like vb Like, love, eiyoy, relish, fancy, dote are comparable when meaning to be so attracted to a person or thing as to regard him or it with favor. Like (opposed to dislike), the most general and, especially when unqualified, the most colorless … New Dictionary of Synonyms
like — [adj] similar according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant,… … New thesaurus
like — {{11}}like (adj.) having the same characteristics or qualities (as another), Middle English shortening of O.E. gelic like, similar, from P.Gmc. *galika having the same form, lit. with a corresponding body (Cf. O.S. gilik, Du. gelijk, Ger. gleich … Etymology dictionary
like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… … English World dictionary
like-minded — ADJ: usu ADJ n Like minded people have similar opinions, ideas, attitudes, or interests. ...the opportunity to mix with hundreds of like minded people … English dictionary
like-minded — like mindedly, adv. like mindedness, n. /luyk muyn did/, adj. having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like minded friend. [1520 30; LIKE1 + MINDED] * * * … Universalium
like-minded — adj [usually before noun] having similar interests and opinions ▪ a chance to meet like minded people >like mindedness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
like-minded — like′ mind′ed adj. having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc • Etymology: 1520–30 like′ mind′ed•ly, adv. like′ mind′ed•ness, n … From formal English to slang
like-minded — [līk′mīn΄did] adj. having the same ideas, tastes, etc.; agreeing mentally like mindedly adv. like mindedness n … English World dictionary
like a big dog — adj, adv American extremely, excessively. The phrase, heard on campus since the 1990s, is a euphemism for like a bitch. ► He s been prepping for these tests like a big dog. (Recorded, US student, London, April 2005) … Contemporary slang
like fuck (!) — Adj/adv. Intensely, greatly, very much, speedily. E.g. We went at the decorating like fuck, and finished the whole house in 2 days. Exclam. An exclamation of denial. E.g. Like fuck! I m not running naked through the town centre … English slang and colloquialisms