Crossword-Solution: LIKEN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Liken | a. | To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. |
| Liken | a. | To make or cause to be like. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LIKEN | anagram | ELINK, ELKIN, INKLE, KLEIN, KLINE, LINKE |
We have 27 clues for the answer “LIKEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Show as similar | 1 answer |
| Represent as similar (to) | 1 answer |
| Make comparisons | 1 answer |
| Make analogies | 1 answer |
| Make an analogy with, with "to" | 1 answer |
| Make a comparison (to) | 1 answer |
| Equate, in a way | 1 answer |
| Draw an analogy | 1 answer |
| Draw a comparison | 1 answer |
| Be analogous (to) | 1 answer |
| make an analogy | 2 answers |
| Opposite of contrast | 2 answers |
| Draw a parallel | 3 answers |
| Make a comparison | 3 answers |
| ANALOGIZE | 4 answers |
| COMPARE HYDROPHYTE AND MESOPHYTE | 10 answers |
| COMPARE TO | 10 answers |
| COMPARE critically | 11 answers |
| beyond compare | 12 answers |
| equate | 13 answers |
| COMPARE notes | 14 answers |
| Compare | 20 answers |
| ANSWER to | 21 answers |
| MAKE equal | 25 answers |
| Assimilate | 29 answers |
| measure up | 33 answers |
| Connect | 58 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with LIKEN (5)
The brother and sister departed, and left Judge Pyncheon sitting in the old home of his forefathers, all by himself; so heavy and lumpish that we can liken him to nothing better than a defunct nightmare, which had perished in the midst of its wickedness, and left its flabby corpse on the breast of the tormented one, to be gotten rid of as it might! XVII.
Now then, I said, I go to meet that which I liken to the greatest of the waves; yet shall the word be spoken, even though the wave break and drown me in laughter and dishonour; and do you mark my words.
And he who were pleasantly disposed could not well avoid to liken it to the exploit of that gallant man who thought to pound up the crows by shutting his park gate.
XXIII To cat and mouse, in battles fought before, I liken the magician and his foes; But the comparison holds good no more: For, with the ring, the maid against him goes; Firm and attentive still, and watching sore, Lest upon her the wizard should impose: And as she sees him bare the wondrous shield, Closes her eyes and falls upon the field.
They stood there, as he had left them, in their tall radiance, the bright cluster that had already made him, on occasions when he was willing to compare small things with great, liken them to a group of sea-lights on the edge of the ocean of life.
Quotes with LIKEN (3)
I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.
COSMIC DANCER""I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was aaah I danced myself right out the womb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself right out the womb I was dancing when I was eight Is it strange to dance so late I danced myself into the tomb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself into the tomb Is it wrong to understand The fear that dwells inside a man What's it like to be a loon I liken it to a balloon I danced myself out of the womb Is it…
When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind.", May 10, 1886)
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 109 times in crossword archives (1973–2024).