[as] adv [ME, fr. OE eallswa likewise, just as--more at also] (bef. 12c) 1: to the same degree or amount "~ deaf as a post" "twice ~ long"
2: for instance "various trees, ~ oak or pine"
3: when considered in a specified form or relation--usu. used before a preposition or a participle "my opinion ~ distinguished from his"
[2]as conj (12c) 1: as if "looks ~ he had seen a ghost --S. T. Coleridge"
2: in or to the same degree in which "deaf ~ a post"--usu. used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so "as cool ~ a cucumber"
3: in the way or manner that "do ~ I do"
4: in accordance with what or the way in which "quite good ~ boys go"
5: while, when "spilled the milk ~ she got up"
6: regardless of the degree to which: though "improbable ~ it seems, it's true" 7: for the reason that: because, since "stayed home ~ she had no car" 8: that the result is "so clearly guilty ~ to leave no doubt" usage see like -- as is : in the presently existing condition without modification "bought the clock at an auction as is" -- as it were : as if it were so: in a manner of speaking [3]as pron (12c) 1: that, who, which--used after same or such "in the same building ~ my brother" "tears such ~ angels weep --John Milton" and chiefly dial. after a substantive not modified by same or such "that kind of fruit ~ maids call medlars --Shak."
2: a fact that "is a foreigner, ~ is evident from his accent" [4]as prep (13c) 1 a: like
2. "all rose ~ one man" b: like 1a "his face was ~ a mask --Max Beerbohm"
2: in the capacity, character, condition, or role of "works ~ an editor" [5]as n, pl as.ses [L] (1540) 1 a: a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic b: a unit of value equivalent to an as coin
2: libra 2a