e in sexual intercourse with.
- v. To cause to, by a command or request.
- v. To cause to be.
- v. To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- v. To depict as being.
- v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)
- v. To defeat in a fight; take.
- v. To be able to speak a language.
- v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative
- v. To trick, to deceive
- v. Allow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To hold in possession or control; to own.
- transitive v. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
- transitive v. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
- transitive v. To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
- transitive v. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
- transitive v. To bear, as young.
- transitive v. To hold, regard, or esteem.
- transitive v. To cause or force to go; to take.
- transitive v. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun
- transitive v. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
- transitive v. To understand.
- transitive v. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To hold, own, or possess as an appurtenance, property, attribute, or quality; hold in possession: as, to have and to hold.
- To hold by accepting, receiving, obtaining, gaining, or acquiring in any way; become possessed of or endowed with; be in receipt of; get: as, he has high wages; they have had ten children.
- To contain or comprise as an adjunct or component part: as, the work has an index; his wit has a spice of malice.
- To hold for use or disposal, actually or potentially; hold the control over or right to: as, to have the floor (in debate); to have the deal (in card-playing); to have authority.
- To hold in exercise or consideration; entertain; maintain: as, to have a wish, opinion, or objection; to have a discussion.
- To possess knowledge of; be acquainted with; take the meaning of; understand.
- To experience; enjoy or suffer; be affected with: as, to have hospitable entertainment; to have a headache; to have one's wish.
- To hold in estimation; maintain; regard: followed by in or a clause.
- To hold in one's power or at a disadvantage.
- To move or remove; cause or compel to move: often reflexive, with the subject or object, or both, unexpressed: as, have it out of sight.
- To hold or acknowledge as a duty or necessary thing to do; be under physical or moral compulsion, constraint, necessity, or obligation to do; be obliged: followed by an infinitive with to, with or without a noun or pronoun as object: as, I have a great deal to do; I have to go; he has to refund the money.
- To bring into possession or use; procure; provide; take.
- To procure or permit to be or to be done; cause, let, allow, etc.: as, to have one's horse shod; I will not have such conduct.
- To be: used indefinitely in certain idiomatic expressions and phrases, mentioned below.
- An auxiliary forming, with the past participle of the principal verb, the compound tenses of verbs (including have), both transitive and intransitive, sometimes with another auxiliary: as, I have or had done it; he will have departed by that time; you should not have gone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. have a personal or business relationship with someone
- v. receive willingly something given or offered
- v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- v. have ownership or possession of
- v. have left
- v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- v. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- v. undergo
- v. suffer from; be ill with
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