metaphor
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1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity (noun.communication)
hyponym | : | dead metaphor, frozen metaphor, |
definition | : | a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | mixed metaphor, |
definition | : | a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | synesthetic metaphor, |
definition | : | a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | metaphoric, metaphorical, |
definition | : | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another (adj.all) |
derivation | : | metaphoric, metaphorical, |
definition | : | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another (adj.all) |
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