know
     v 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" [syn:
           {cognize}, {cognise}] [ant: {ignore}]
     2: know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to
        knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
     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"
     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"
     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" [syn: {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"
        [syn: {acknowledge}, {recognize}, {recognise}]
     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?"
     8: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
        everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
        intimate with this man?" [syn: {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},
         {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"
     10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The
         child knows right from wrong"
     11: perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
     [also: {known}, {knew}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0