Fond feeling

verb

1. To feel attraction toward or take pleasure in enjoy

   "likes baseball"

2. To feel toward regard

   "how would you like a change"

3. To wish to have want

   "would like a drink"

4. To do well in

   "this plant likes dry soil"

5. To electronically register one's approval of (something, such as an online post or comment) for others to see (as by clicking on an icon designed for that purpose)

   "[Brittany] Bunker then thanked the 477,000 people who had liked her post for their support …"

6. To be suitable or agreeable to

   "I like onions but they don't like me"

7. To feel inclined choose, prefer

   "leave any time you like"

8. Approve

noun

1. Liking, preference
2. Something that one likes
3. The act or an instance of liking see like an online comment, post, etc.

   "Her post got thousands of likes."

adjective

1. The same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity)

   "suits of like design"

2. Closely resembling the subject or original

   "the portrait is very like"

3. Likely

   "the importance of statistics as the one discipline like to give accuracy of mind"

preposition

1. Having the characteristics of similar to

   "his house is like a barn"

2. Typical of

   "was like him to do that"

3. Comparable to approximating

   "costs something like fifty cents"

4. In the manner of similarly to

   "acts like a fool"

5. As though there would be

   "looks like rain"

6. Such as

   "a subject like physics"

7. Used to form intensive or ironic phrases

noun

1. One that is similar counterpart, equal

   "have … never seen the like before"

2. Kind
3. One of many that are similar to each other

adverb

1. Equally
2. Likely, probably

   "you'll try it, some day, like enough"

3. To some extent rather, altogether

   "saunter over nonchalantly like"

4. Used interjectionally in informal speech often to emphasize a word or phrase (as in "He was, like, gorgeous") or for an apologetic, vague, or unassertive effect (as in "I need to, like, borrow some money")
5. Nearly, approximately

   "the actual interest is more like 18 percent"

conjunction

1. As if

   "middle-aged men who looked like they might be out for their one night of the year"

2. Used in intensive phrases
3. In the same way that as

   "they raven down scenery like children do sweetmeats"

4. In the way or manner that

   "the violin sounds like an old masterpiece should"

5. Used interjectionally in informal speech often with the verb be to introduce a quotation, paraphrase, or thought expressed by or imputed to the subject of the verb, or with it's to report a generally held opinion
6. Such as

   "a bag like a doctor carries"

auxiliary verb

1. Came near was near

   "so loud I like to fell out of bed"

adjective combining form

1. Resembling or characteristic of

   "bell-like"

adjective

1. Having a like disposition or purpose of the same mind or habit of thought