like

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

• I like reading books.
• I very much like hamburgers.
• I like skiing in winter very much.

To please .

To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

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.

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.

To want, desire. See also would like.

• Would you like a cigarette?
• We could go to the museum if you like.
• May I leave now? ~ If you like.

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.

Of inanimate objects: To be prone to.

• Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.
• 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.

To be prone to.

• Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.

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.
• email delivery failed: remote host does not like recipient

To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

• He liked to have been too late.

To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

To liken; to compare.

Something that a person likes (prefers).

• Tell me your likes and dislikes.

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

Similar.

• My partner and I have like minds.
• The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.

Likely; probable.

inclined (to), prone (to).

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

Likely.

In a like or similar manner.

(sometimes as the likes of) 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.

The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

• to play the like

As, the way.

As if; as though.

• It looks like you've finished the project.
• It seemed like you didn't care.
• He didn’t have many friends, it didn’t seem like.

Such as.

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

Similar to, reminiscent of.

• Folk like that I just can’t brook.
• I’m very like my father.

Typical of.

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

Approximating.

• Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.

In the manner of, similarly to.

• He doesn't act like a president.

Such as; including.

• It's for websites like Wikipedia.

As if there would be.

• It looks like a hot summer in Europe.

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?
• What does your mom look like? –She's pretty.

A delayed filler.

• He was so angry, like.

Indicating approximation or uncertainty.

• There were, like, twenty of them.

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!"

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.

Introduces an exemplification or demonstration of the previous statement.

To be likely.