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HAD LIKE

Definition: HAD LIKE

HAD LIKE

1. (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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: HAD LIKE

English words defined with "HAD LIKE": appear, aughtcipher, copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic, Coryphodon, cypherfancy, fondnessghost, goose egglooknada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, nullPaleotherium, partialitySchool of design, seem, shade, specter, spectre, spookwraithzero, zilch, zip. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HAD LIKE": 16-bit application32-bit applicationAbracadabra, Advise, AtergataBalance, Bawtry, British TelecomCARUSO, Cat Jumps, Cat Proverbs, Catch a Tartar, Catharine Theot, Commodore SX64, crawling horrorDr. Diafoirus, DUELExileFIB, FLORADORAGlasse, GOLIATH, Government Men, Granite Redoubt, Gueux, GunpowderHad better, Harold the Dauntless, Hungarian NotationIBM 1620, IBM 709, IMMODEST, Intel 8086, Intersil 6100, ISAACKing, KvikkalkulLong Tail, LordMacFarlane's Geese, Mnason, Motorola 6809NAPOLEON, Naughty Figs, NSA line eaterobsessedPascal-, Persuade, Pipe-line, PROCRASTINATOR, PROGRESS, PROVINCIALISMSQLReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, Remainder, ROBESPIERRESaliens, satire, SC/MP, Scalable Processor ARChitecture, SCIMETAR, SCMP, Seian Horse, Seiko RC-4000, silly walk, Sketchpad, space-cadet keyboard, story, sycophant, sylph, SyQuest Technology, Inc.Terminal Oriented Social Science, TMS 9900Urijah, user interface copyrightV.FC, VFC, VIC-20, VULCANWar, WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, Would betterZilog Z8000, ZX Spectrum. (references)

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Modern Usage: HAD LIKE

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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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: HAD LIKE

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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.

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Modern Translations: HAD LIKE

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.

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Anagrams: HAD LIKE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HAD LIKE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 44      4C 49 4B 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0044      004C 0049 004B 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

423538246434539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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