n.
Function: preposition
Date: 13th century
1 a : having the characteristics of : similar to <his house is like a barn> <it's like when we were kids> b : typical of <was like him to do that> c : comparable to : APPROXIMATING <costs something like fifty cents>
2 : in the manner of : similarly to <acts like a fool>
3 : as though there would be <looks like rain>
4 : such as <a subject like physics>
5 ― used to form intensive or ironic phrases <fought like hell> < like fun he did> <laughed like anything>