Definition of "liken" in İngilizce

verb

1. Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

   • The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.

2. Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

3. To represent or symbolize (something).

4. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.