simple past tense and past participle of like

To like (to have affection for).

To be similar to something. / To be typical or characteristic of someone or something. / (informal, idiomatic, chiefly US and MLE) To say.

(informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

(adverbial) In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner / (adjectival) Of the same, a similar, that particular kind. / (adverbial) suddenly; unexpectedly.

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.

Alternative form of like as

(archaic) Just as; in the same way as; even as.

Alternative form of like as

(idiomatic, informal) And other similar items; et cetera.