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

Of a group with the same or similar characteristics; of the same kind.

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

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.

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

Alternative form of like as

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

Alternative form of like as

present participle of likeness

simple past tense and past participle of likeness