What is "knew"

Know \Know\ (n[=o]), v. t. [imp. Knew (n[=u]); p. p. Known (n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG. chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw`skein, Skr. jn[=a]; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. [root]45. See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]

1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

   O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!
   --Shak.

   There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.
   --Dryden.

   Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
   --Longfellow.

2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

   He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
   --2 Cor. v. 21.

   Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
   --Milton.

4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

   Ye shall know them by their fruits.
   --Matt. vil. 16.

   And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
   --Luke xxiv. 31.

   To know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
   --Shak.

   At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
   --Flatman.

5. To have sexual intercourse with. And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv.

   1. Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.

      And I knew that thou hearest me always.
      --John xi. 4

   2. The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.
      --Sir W. Scott.

      In other hands I have known money do good.
      --Dickens.

      To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.''
      --Jer. Taylor.

Knew \Knew\, imp. of Know.

Old English cneow, past tense of know (v.).

vb. (en-simple past of: know)

See know

1. v. 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!"

12. [also: known, knew]

KNEW (960 AM) is an American business talk radio station licensed to Oakland, California, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by The station's studios are located in SoMa district of San Francisco, and the transmitter is located in Oakland at the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

KNEW can also be heard in the HD format.

KNEW may refer to:

• The ICAO code for New Orleans Lakefront Airport, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• KNEW (AM), a radio station on 960 kHz, licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, that carries the KNEW call sign as of January 3, 2012.
• KKSF (AM), a radio station on 910 kHz, licensed to Oakland, California, United States, which carried the KNEW call sign from 1966 to 2012.
• KJRB, a radio station on 790 kHz, licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States, and formerly known as KNEW (1947–1966)