to know
1
9.9
- verb
- /noʊ/
- NSFW
- I want to know if he makes her come, or if she fakes it with him too.
- knew a woman
- knew the woman
- knew someone
Examples
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Do you know what it's like to have sex with a woman who never wants to see you again?
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In the quiet of the night, they chose to know each other intimately.
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Sexually, if you know what I mean.
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Well... that means I would've had sex with someone before I died, you know?
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It means that you know something they don't, which is that you're going to sleep with them.
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The couple finally felt ready to know each other fully after months of dating.
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In stories of romance, finding a partner to know deeply is often portrayed as a journey.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
∞
9.9
To have sex with someone
∞
7.4
To have sex with someone
388
5.3
Have sex with someone you love or care about
203
9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
144
9.9
To have sex with someone
112
9.9
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
90
7.4
Have sex with another person, often when not married
88
9.0
To have sex with someone
60
9.9
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
52
9.8
To have sex with someone
45
8.1
To have sex with someone
43
9.1
To have sex with someone
41
7.9
Have sex with someone
34
9.3
To have sex with someone
24
8.6
To have sex with another person
15
5.1
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
8
9.9
Have sex with someone, used in older writing
2
9.2
To have sex briefly in a casual way
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
Idioms
- Informal
13
4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Offensive
4
8.1
A reply saying the person who criticizes has the same fault
- Informal
1
9.9
To have secret information about hidden bad things in a group
- Informal
1
9.9
To not recognize someone at all because you have never met them
- Informal
Said when someone will not tell and the other person must find out
- Informal
A person who says or writes something that sounds like a poem without knowing it
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
35
7.7
A person who acts like they have all the answers and won't listen to others
- Formal
15
5.5
A rule that gives information only to people who need it for their work
- Offensive
1
9.9
A 1850s American political party that opposed immigrants and Catholics
Surface Forms
Etymology
Know was used in older stories to mean 'have sexual relations' because long ago 'to know' someone could mean the deepest, most personal kind of knowing, showing close private contact; this use is now mostly old or literary.