liken in English

verb
1
point out the resemblance of someone or something to.
they likened the reigning emperor to a god

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1. Others liken it to a country club.

2. Compare definition is - to represent as similar : liken

3. We often liken the heart to a pump.

4. What are another words for Analogize? Compare, liken, equate

5. 8 synonyms for Analogize: assimilate, compare, equate, identify, liken, match, parallel, analogise

6. 8 synonyms for Analogize: assimilate, compare, equate, identify, liken, match, parallel

7. 17, 18. (a) To what does the psalmist liken the wicked?

8. They liken the standard for scientific evidence to that for other evidence.

9. Liken and derive the characteristic with the vivid, concrete, image of justice.

10. American military officials believe they have checked the insurgency but liken it to a spring.

11. Whether you liken yourself a towering tree or a blade of grass.

12. Top synonyms for Analogize (other words for Analogize) are compare, liken and paragon.

13. You can liken it to working underwater with a diving suit encasing you.

14. Liken allows Mac applications to run on Unix stations in an X Window.

15. In its hydrodynamic behavior, we can liken the dense phase to a liquid.

16. To whom then will you liken God ? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

17. It will liken welfare to drugs: soothing, addictive, and utterly destructive of independence and initiative.

18. Why did Paul liken the Law of Moses to a “tutor leading to Christ”?

19. Are we praising a person or not when we liken him to a tiger?

20. Synonyms for Allegorize include assimilate, analogize, compare, equate, liken, associate, bracket, class, group and match

21. 7:4 —Why does Solomon liken the neck of the Shulammite maiden to “an ivory tower”?

22. Synonyms for Analogize include compare, equate, liken, bracket, assimilate, relate, match, parallel, correlate and metaphorize

23. 14, 15. (a) To what did Jesus liken himself, in contrast with what ‘degenerate vine’?

24. Lk. 20 And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

25. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

26. Ostriches are descendants of dinosaurs, and the researchers liken ostrich movements to those of bipedal dinosaurs.

27. Some scientists liken the genetic code to computer software and the chemical structure of the cell to computer hardware.

28. There was no attempt to liken any Conservative minister, or downtrodden Chancellor, to Baldrick or anyone else.

29. 18 And to whom can YOU people liken God,*+ and what likeness can YOU put alongside him?

30. Strained wire, cables, plaited bands and the liken rope and similar articles, of aluminium (excl. such products electrically insulated)

31. Accordingly, some might liken their “life account” to a bank account, at birth credited with about 25,600 days.

32. The ornamental plant of milkweed family was liken by people with its unusual of flower, its elegant of vine.

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34. A reporter can only write one story at a time, which I liken to preparing just one dish at a time.

35. 46 synonyms for Compare: contrast, balance, weigh, set against, collate, juxtapose, liken to, parallel, identify with, equate to, correlate to

36. 11 Walker's critics are amusingly Orwellian. They liken the crowd in Madison to the ones in Tunisia and claim to be fighting for democracy.

37. But if she had to liken him to anything it would be an overgrown teddy bear in determined pursuit of his honey.

38. To liken; relate; examine similarities: Compare the shades of blue Not to be confused with: contrast – to examine differences; a striking exhibition of

39. I would liken it to Subtlety Rogues - Affliction does a lot of single target focused damage, and gains more single target from multi-target encounters

40. 22 Although, greatly parts of energies liken little dragon absorption, still have very greatly a part get into wild goose the south fly of next the pubic region storage get up.

41. Origin of Bosk From Middle English Bosk, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca (“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus from Germanic * busk (liken Old High German busk) or Old English busc …

42. 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.

43. Blanquette de Limoux is the most traditional and distinctive style comprised mainly from the local grape variety Mauzac which offers aromas of freshly cut grass, tangy apple peel some liken to apple cider flavours

44. Some artists liken it to the mythological Phoenix where it recurrently regenerates itself by arising amidst a spectacle of flames and Candescence. This makes it a fitting symbol of resilience, rising and rebirth," Mak said back then

45. Recent Examples on the Web The Library of Congress owns another in platinum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a version made in gum Bichromate, another labor-intensive process resulting in an image that some liken to red chalk drawings

46. 3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of aIsrael, like unto a tame bolive tree, which a man took and nourished in his cvineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to ddecay.

47. "Bolting is a chemical process induced by hormones, but I like to liken it to 'last call' at your favorite bar on Saturday night!" Any plant can bolt, but leafy herbs and veggies like cilantro, arugula, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, and spinach are especially susceptible.

48. And whale anatomy is featured most memorably when the ship's "mincer of blubber" dresses up in the tunic-like foreskin of a sperm whale, causing Ishmael to liken him to an "Archbishoprick." Truth be told, there's so much phallic imagery in this book, one would be excused for assuming that the title itself is an enormous penis joke.

49. Assemble (v.) early 14c., transitive ("collect into one place") and intransitive ("meet or come together"), from Old French Assembler "come together, join, unite; gather" (11c.), from Latin assimulare "to make like, liken, compare; copy, imitate; feign, pretend," later "to gather together," from assimilated form of ad "to" (see ad-) + simulare "to make like," from stem of similis "like