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Definition: HAD LIKE |
HAD LIKE1. (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. --Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just the other day I saw a golden retriever, he had like a gimp, ya know I just wish I could have done something. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Come on, the guy has had like 5 dates in 8 years, he's like a humpback whale. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | In this exercise I once met an accident which had like to have cost me my life. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "had like"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | adhay ikelay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-k-l" | |
-1 letter: hailed, halide. | |
-2 letters: ailed, alike, haled, halid, hiked, ideal, khadi, kheda, laked, liked. | |
-3 letters: aide, dahl, dale, deal, deil, deli, dhak, dhal, dial, diel, dike, elhi, hade, haed, haik, hail, hake, hale, head, heal, heil, held, hide, hied, hike, hila, idea, idle, ilea, ilka, kadi, kail, kale, lade, laid, lake, lakh, lead, leak, lied, like. | |
-4 letters: aid, ail, ale, dah, dak, dal, del, die, edh, eld, elk, had, hae, hid, hie, ilk, kae, kea, khi, kid, lad, lea, led, lei, lek, lid, lie. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ah, ai, al, de, ed, eh, el, ha, he, hi, id, ka, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-k-l" | |
+1 letter: handlike, khedival. | |
+2 letters: deathlike, khedivial. | |
+3 letters: shadowlike, threadlike. | |
+4 letters: backlighted, stickhandle. | |
+5 letters: holidaymaker, stickhandled, stickhandler, stickhandles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 44      4C 49 4B 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A D   L I K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 0044      004C 0049 004B 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)423538246434539 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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