liken
verb
Meaning
- verbFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
Example:
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
- verbFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
Example:
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
- verbChiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,196 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 65% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None