verb
definition
(followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
example
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
Examples of liken in a Sentence
The public perception may look at foods labeled "free range" or "no growth hormones used" and liken them to organic foods.
Others liken it to the dental products available, but are not sure if it will be as effective as the dental version.
Yet another popular reference in poetry is to liken love to something exquisite in nature, like a butterfly, a deep red rose, or the fresh scent of lavender.
Some new drivers liken shifting a 5-speed to trying pat your head while rubbing your stomach.
Known as the most extreme form of heat rash, miliaria profunda is flesh colored and extremely itchy and painful, some liken the rash to the sensation of "wild fire."
Indeed, many patients liken its effect to that of drinking champagne.
I oftentimes refer to life before my diagnosis as the dark ages, and afterwards is what I liken to 'ah-ha!'
It will not suffer any training, nor does it, like the plum, improve by pruning, but the sunshine that attends its brief period of bloom in April, the magnificence of its flower-laden boughs and the picturesque flutter of its falling petals, inspired an ancient poet to liken it to the soul, of Yamato (Japan), and it has ever since been thus regarded.
The 1 Though Edwards called the species he figured (ut supra) a titmouse, he properly remarked that there was no genus of European birds to which he could liken it.
Many authors would liken the rolling sugar fields around Bridgetown to the undulating contours of Dorset or the Cotswolds.
The first draft, I liken it to being like a sculptor who has to make his own clay.
I can only liken getting AVDC moving to doing similar to a monolithic pachyderm.
In today's hectic world, generations within any community liken meeting new friends and potential mates to searching for the proverbial haystack-buried needle.