know
noʊ
Know is not a meaning — it is something lodged inside and stuck fast
The picture Something that came inside once and sat down so firmly that shaking will not dislodge it. Think is still rolling in your hand; know is what has finished rolling and lodged in place.
Where the picture shows up in know
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digits lodged inside
Do you know the Wi-Fi password?
duː juː noʊ ðə ˈwaɪfaɪ ˈpæswɜːrd
Have you got the Wi-Fi password?
Eight characters sit so firmly in your head that your thumbs type them on their own.
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a person lodged inside
I have known her since high school.
aɪ hæv noʊn hɜːr sɪns haɪ skuːl
We go back to high school.
A face that came in years ago is still sitting in the same spot.
Have known says it lodged back then and is lodged still.
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streets lodged in the feet
He knows this neighborhood well.
hiː noʊz ðɪs ˈneɪbərhʊd wel
He can get anywhere around here.
The shape of the back lanes is stamped in his soles; he walks it with no map.
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a sequence lodged in the hands
She knows how to fix the copier.
ʃiː noʊz haʊ tuː fɪks ðə ˈkɑːpiər
She can get the copier working.
The order of steps sits in her fingers; the lid opens and her hand goes straight to the part.
Know how to points at a sequence lodged in the hands.
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lodged before it happened
I knew it would rain today.
aɪ nuː ɪt wʊd reɪn təˈdeɪ
I could have told you it would rain.
The smell of the morning air had already lodged it; the first drops only confirm it.
All of it in one picture
Know is whatever is lodged inside and will not come loose. Lodge digits and you know the password; lodge a face and you know the person; lodge the lanes in your feet and you know the neighborhood; lodge a sequence in your hands and you know how to fix the machine. If the rain was lodged in you before it fell, you knew it was coming.