From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
have
n : a person who possesses great material wealth [syn: {rich
person}, wealthy person]
v 1: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;
"She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful
daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
[syn: have got, hold]
2: have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous
chefs in France" [syn: feature] [ant: miss]
3: of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea";
"experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange
sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The
fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a
feeling" [syn: experience, receive, get, undergo]
4: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in
Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own,
possess]
5: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or
condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in
for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn:
get, let]
6: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl
of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn:
consume, ingest, take in, take] [ant: abstain]
7: have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have
a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
8: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have,
throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold,
throw, make, give]
9: have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money
left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
10: be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a
fine mess"
11: undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" [syn: experience]
12: suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"
13: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to
buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn:
induce, stimulate, cause, get, make]
14: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl
who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't
have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
[syn: accept, take] [ant: refuse]
15: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment";
"receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn:
receive]
16: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a
fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after
eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg";
"He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer,
sustain, get]
17: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian
team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn:
get, make]
18: give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
[syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth]
19: have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when
she was most vulnerable" [syn: take]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Have \Have\ (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (h[a^]d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he
has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben
(imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D.
hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. hab[=e]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa,
Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere,
whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle,
Habit.]
1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a
farm.
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2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected
with, or affects, one.
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The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak.
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He had a fever late. --Keats.
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3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
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Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou
have me? --Shak.
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4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak.
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5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire;
to require.
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I had the church accurately described to me. --Sir
W. Scott.
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Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld.
Lytton.
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6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
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7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
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Of them shall I be had in honor. --2 Sam. vi.
22.
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8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to
bed." --Herbert. "Have out all men from me." --2 Sam.
xiii. 9.
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9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used
reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to
have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to
aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a
companion. --Shak.
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10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled;
followed by an infinitive.
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Science has, and will long have, to be a divider
and a separatist. --M. Arnold.
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The laws of philology have to be established by
external comparison and induction. --Earle.
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11. To understand.
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You have me, have you not? --Shak.
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12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of;
as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
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Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past
participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I
shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the
participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the
possession of the object in the state indicated by the
participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold
him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost
this independent significance, and is used with the
participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs
as a device for expressing past time. Had is used,
especially in poetry, for would have or should have.
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Myself for such a face had boldly died.
--Tennyson.
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To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard.
{To have (a man) out}, to engage (one) in a duel.
To have done (with). See under Do, v. i.
To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a
conclusion.
To have on, to wear.
To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.
Syn: To possess; to own. See Possess.
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