like : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite resembling antlers
  

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• in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials.

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• adverb like a baby
  baby-wise.
  
  • he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms

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• noun a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a belt around something
  beltlike.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling candy
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a cell
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a chisel
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a city
  

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• adjective resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb
  ctenoid.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a comet
  

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• adjective resembling custard in consistency
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a dagger
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a drill
  

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• verb rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
  
  • the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees

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• adjective satellite shaped in a form resembling a drum
  drum-shaped.
  

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• adjective satellite having a shape resembling an ear
  auriform; ear-shaped.
  

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• . To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. Derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns.

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• adjective satellite resembling a fang
  

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• verb have an inclination for something or some activity
  
  • I feel like staying in bed all day
  • I feel like a cold beer now

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• verb be in excellent health and spirits
  feel like a million.
  
  • he feels like a million after he got the promotion

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• verb be in excellent health and spirits
  feel like a million.
  
  • he feels like a million after he got the promotion

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• adjective satellite resembling a file
  

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• adjective satellite having limbs that are used as flippers
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
  bifurcate; pronged; forficate; prongy; biramous; branched; forked.
  
  • the biramous appendages of an arthropod
  • long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
  • a forked river
  • a forked tail
  • forked lightning
  • horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots

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• adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
  sheer; vaporous; see-through; gossamer; cobwebby; vapourous; filmy; diaphanous; transparent; gauzy.
  
  • a hat with a diaphanous veil
  • filmy wings of a moth
  • gauzy clouds of dandelion down
  • gossamer cobwebs
  • sheer silk stockings
  • transparent chiffon
  • vaporous silks

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• adjective satellite resembling glass
  

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• adjective satellite resembling chewing gum
  

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• (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of.

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• adjective having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
  flagellated; whiplike; flagellate.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a leaf
  leaflike.
  

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• adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  straightaway; forthwith; at once; straight off; directly; right away; immediately; now; instantly.
  
  • he answered immediately
  • found an answer straightaway
  • an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
  • Come here now!

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• adverb in an expert manner
  expertly.
  
  • he repaired the TV set expertly

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• adverb at top speed
  flat out.
  
  • he ran flat out to catch the bus
  • he was off down the road like blue murder

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• adverb with regularity and precision
  
  • the rocket launch went off like clockwork

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• (Geom.), similar figures.

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil
• adverb used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
  
  • says he'll help me? Like hell he will!

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• adverb in a royal manner
  like kings; royally.
  
  • they were royally treated

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• adverb in a royal manner
  like kings; royally.
  
  • they were royally treated

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• adjective satellite of the same turn of mind
  

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Like"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.

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• verb bear a physical resemblance to
  
  • She looks like her mother

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• adjective performing functions similar to those performed by lungs
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a lymphoblast
  

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• adjective satellite resembling maple
  maplelike.
  
  • maplelike leaves

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• adjective satellite resembling an olive
  olivelike.
  

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• on condition of being pleasing to or suiting; also, on condition of being pleased with; as, to hold a place of service on liking; to engage a servant on liking. Obs. or Prov. Eng.

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• adjective satellite resembling a pancake in shape
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a petal
  petallike.
  

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• adjective satellite (of textures) resembling plush
  plushy.
  

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• adjective satellite formed like and serving like a rudder
  

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• adjective satellite having rough edges that can be used for sawing
  

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Snail"-like` adjective

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1. Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.

Snail"-like` adverb

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1. In the manner of a snail; slowly.

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• adjective satellite resembling a souffle
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spade
  spade-shaped.
  

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• of the like kind.

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• noun a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves
  

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• noun a similar kind
  like; the like.
  
  • dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here

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• noun a similar kind
  like; the like.
  
  • dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here

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Thrall"-like` adjective

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1. Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

   Servile and thrall-like fear. Milton.

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• to be pleased with. Obs.

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• to receive it regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.

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• (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side.

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• to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.

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• to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while.

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• adjective satellite resembling the sound of a trumpet
  

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• adjective satellite resembling an umbel in form
  umbellate.
  

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• adverb in a similar way
  much as.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a thin crisp wafer
  

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Well"-lik`ing adjective

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1. Being in good condition. Obs. or Archaic

   They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. xcii.).

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• adjective satellite round like a wheel
  

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Wise"-like` adjective

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1. Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.

   The only wise-like thing I heard anybody say. Sir W. Scott.

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• adjective satellite stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants
  
  • the boy's empty yokel-like expression

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