like

preposition7

1. •
   similar to a person or a thing

   • Folk like that I just can’t brook.
   • I’m very like my father.
2. •
   In the manner of, similarly to.

   • He doesn't act like a president.
3. •
   Such as; including.

   • It's for websites like Wikipedia.
4. •
   Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something.

   • I hear she has a new boyfriend. What's he like? –He's intelligent and handsome.
   • What’s the weather like in Ürümqi today?
5. •
   As if there would be.

   • It looks like a hot summer in Europe.
6. •
   Approximating.

   • Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.
7. •
   Typical of.

   • It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.

verb13

1. •
   To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

   • I like reading books.
   • I very much like hamburgers.
2. •
   To want, desire. See also would like.

   • Would you like a cigarette?
   • We could go to the museum if you like.
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 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.
5. •
   (Internet) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

   • I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
   • I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
6. •
   (informal) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.

   • This self-service checkout doesn't seem to like my credit card.
   • We were frustrated that our seeming innocent choice for a team name was rejected by the game. Apparently somewhere in the name is a word that the algorithm doesn’t like.
7. •
   (informal) To be prone to.

   • Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.
8. •
   (dialect) To be likely.

   • 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. — 1837
9. •
   (no longer used) To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
10. •
    (no longer used) To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

    • And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind. — 1662
11. •
    (no longer used) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

    • He liked to have been too late.
12. •
    (no longer used) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

    • You like well, and bear your years very well. — 1598
13. •
    (no longer used) To liken; to compare.

particle5

1. •
   (informal) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.

   • There were, like, twenty of them.
2. •
   (informal) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.

   • I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
   • A customer walked in like, "I demand to see the manager!"
3. •
   (informal) A discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story.

   • She was, like, sooooo happy.
   • And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
4. •
   (Ireland, informal) A delayed filler.

   • He was so angry, like.
5. •
   (informal) Introduces an exemplification or demonstration of the previous statement

adjective3

1. •
   Similar.

   • My partner and I have like minds.
   • The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.
2. •
   (Scotland, Southern-US) Likely; probable.

   • But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. — 1668
3. •
   (Scotland, Southern-US) inclined (to), prone (to).

   • He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.

conjunction3

1. •
   (informal) As, the way.

   • Winston tastes good like a cigarette should — 1966
2. •
   (informal) As if; as though.

   • It looks like you've finished the project.
   • It seemed like you didn't care.
3. •
   (informal) Such as.

   • Why don’t we do something useful like clean the kitchen?

adverb2

1. •
   (informal, no longer used) Likely.

   • DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit. CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough. — 1598
2. •
   (no longer used, rare) In a like or similar manner.

   • Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. — 1611

noun4

1. •
   (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

   • Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows. — 2016
2. •
   [in the plural] Something that a person likes (prefers).

   • Tell me your likes and dislikes.
3. •
   Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

   • There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
   • This is something the likes of which I've never seen before, and we should compare like with like instead.
4. •
   The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

adverb1

1. •
   approximately

phrase1

1. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) A fine example or specimen of something.

   • "I say!" exclaimed Scrubb. "That's something like! Think of sleeping in a bed again." — 1953