know

Noun

• the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
  • he is always in the know
    

Verb

• perceive as familiar
  • I know this voice!
    

• be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
  • The child knows right from wrong
    

• know the nature or character of
  • we all knew her as a big show-off
    

• have sexual intercourse with
  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    
  • Adam knew Eve
    
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?
    

• have fixed in the mind
  • I know Latin
    
  • This student knows her irregular verbs
    
  • Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• know how to do or perform something
  • She knows how to knit
    
  • Does your husband know how to cook?
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sleep together , roll in the hay , love , make out , make love , sleep with , get laid , have sex , do it , be intimate , have intercourse , have it away , have it off , screw , fuck , jazz , eff , hump , acknowledge , recognize , recognise , experience , live , cognize , cognise