Complete Definition of "liken"

English

Pronunciation
lī'k�n, /�laɪk�n/, /<tt>"laIk@n</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪk�n|-aɪk�n

Homophones
lichen

Verb
en-verb

  1. context|transitive|followed by to or unto To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

#:The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.

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German: vergleichen
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