act as
— Verb
– English
~ function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"
act as
— Verb
– English
~ pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
as
— Adverb
– English
~ to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is"
As
— Noun
– English
~ a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
AS
— Noun
– English
~ a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa