HATH

To possess, own.

Example: "I have a house and a car."

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Example: "Do you have the key? (not necessarily one's own key)"

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Example: "I have a really mean boss."

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Example: "Can i have a look at that?"

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Example: "Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day."

To experience, go through, undergo.

Example: "He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Example: "He had a cold last week."

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) used in forming the perfect aspect.

Example: "I had already eaten."

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (for further discussion, see the appendix english tag questions.)

Example: "They haven't eaten dinner yet, have they?"

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) see have to.

Example: "I have to go."

To give birth to.

Example: "My mother had me when she was 25."

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Example: "He's always bragging about how many women he's had."

To accept as a romantic partner.

Example: "Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

(transitive with bare infinitive) to cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Example: "They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) to cause to be.

Example: "He had him arrested for trespassing."

(transitive with bare infinitive) to be affected by an occurrence. (used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Example: "I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice."

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) to depict as being.

Example: "Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening."

To defeat in a fight; take.

Example: "I could have him!"

(obsolete outside ireland) to be able to speak (a language).

Example: "I have no german."

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Example: "Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

To trick, to deceive.

Example: "You had me alright! i never would have thought that was just a joke."

(often with present participle) to allow; to tolerate.

Example: "I asked my dad if i could go to the concert this thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night."

(often used in the negative) to believe, buy, be taken in by.

Example: "I made up an excuse as to why i was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it."

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Example: "Thank you for having me!"

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Example: "I have two contacts on my scope."

(of a jury) to consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Example: "We'll schedule closing arguments for thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon."

To make an observation of (a bird species).