liken

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lī'kən, IPA: /ˈlaɪkən/, SAMPA: /"laIk@n/
• Rhymes: -aɪkən

[edit] Homophones

• lichen

[edit] Verb

to liken (third-person singular simple present likens, present participle likening, simple past and past participle likened)

1. (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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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eikln
• k-line