know /noʊ/
1. the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know"
synset: know
1. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
synset: know, cognize, cognise
2. know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
synset: know
3. be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
synset: know
4. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
synset: know
5. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
synset: know, experience, live
6. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
synset: acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
7. have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
synset: know
8. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
synset: sleep_together, roll_in_the_hay, love, make_out, make_love, sleep_with, get_laid, have_sex, know, do_it, be_intimate, have_intercourse, have_it_away, have_it_off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie_with, bed, have_a_go_at_it, bang, get_it_on, bonk
9. know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"
synset: know
10. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"
synset: know
11. perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
synset: know
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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