like
signification du mot :

1. plaire.
2. comme.
3. adj. semblable, pareil, tel; ressemblant; comme (désinence de locutions).
4. de même genre.
5. de même ordre.
6. se pencher à.
7. semblable; chose semblable; tendance; préférence; genre.
8. exactement comme, vraiment comme; comme si.
9. aimer; vouloir; désirer.
10. comme; par exemple; pareil, semblable à, égal à; vraiment comme; caractéristique.
échantillons de scène :
Définitions :
1. to find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.
2. to want to have: would like some coffee.
3. to feel about; regard: how do you like her nerve!
4. archaic to be pleasing to.
5. to have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there.
6. scots to be pleased.
7. something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
8. possessing the characteristics of; resembling closely; similar to.
9. in the typical manner of: it's not like you to take offense.
10. in the same way as: lived like royalty.
11. inclined or disposed to: felt like running away.
12. as if the probability exists for: looks like a bad year for farmers.
13. such as; for example: saved things like old newspapers and pieces of string.
14. possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar: on this and like occasions.
15. alike: they are as like as two siblings.
16. having equivalent value or quality. usually used in negative sentences: there's nothing like a good night's sleep.
17. in the manner of being; as if. used as an intensifier of action: worked like hell; ran like crazy.
18. informal probably; likely: like as not she'll change her mind.
19. nearly; approximately: the price is more like 1,000 dollars.
20. nonstandard used to provide emphasis or a pause: like let's get going.
21. one similar to or like another. used with the: was subject to coughs, asthma, and the like.
22. informal an equivalent or similar person or thing; an equal or match. often used in the plural: I've never seen the likes of this before. we'll never see his like again.
23. usage problem in the same way that; as: to dance like she does requires great discipline.
24. usage problem as if: it looks like we'll finish on time.
25. be like informal to say or utter. used chiefly in oral narration: and he's like, "leave me alone!”
26. chiefly southern U.S. used with a past infinitive or with to and a simple past form to indicate being just on the point of or coming near to having done something in the past: "I like to a split a gut laughin'.” "it seemed as how nobody had thought about measurin' the width of the bridge's openin', and we like to didn't make it through” ( dictionary of american regional english).
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. of similar form, appearance, or quality; of corresponding kind, amount, extent, degree, etc.; corresponding; equal or equivalent; analogous; agreeing in some noticeable respect: as, territory of like extent; two men of like pursuits and tastes.
2. having resemblance; similar in any respect; resembling: followed by to or a dative case (sometimes by as), the word or phrase governed by to being, however, often omitted: as, they are as like (to each other) as two peas.
3. likely; liable.
4.
5. A person or thing resembling another; a counterpart; a resemblance; a similar character, condition, or example.
6. in the same or a similar manner; equally; correspondingly.
7. in the manner of; in the same way as.
8. likely; probably.
9. as it were; so to speak: used after clauses or phrases with a signification similar to that of like suffixed to nouns. see like, adjective, 2.
10. see fun.
11. as; as if.
12. to regard or describe as resembling; liken; compare.
13. to please; be pleasing to; be agreeable to; suit; satisfy: used impersonally, and followed by an object, originally dative, of the person.
14. to regard with favor; be well affected toward; be pleased with; take pleasure in.
15. to agree with, as food or drink.
16. to be suitable or agreeable; give satisfaction.
17. to be pleased or suited; choose: used absolutely, but formerly sometimes followed by of.
18. to thrive; grow.
19. to be likely: chiefly or only in the preterit liked, equivalent to had like. see like, adjective
20. as well as; as also.
21. body; form; the body of a human being or of any animal.
22. A dead body; a corpse.
23. A liking; a fancy; an inclination: used chiefly in the phrase likes and dislikes.
24. in golf, a stroke which equalizes the number played by the other side.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia