Metaphor
11Metaphor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Metaphor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 figure of speech figure of speech Sgm: N 1 facon de parler facon de parler =>(French) way of speaking colloquialism GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 phrase phrase &c. 566 Sgm: N 2 …
12metaphor — [[t]me̱təfɔːr[/t]] metaphors 1) N VAR A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things …
13metaphor — A situation in which a word or thing that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol. One of the basic tropes, along with simile,… …
14metaphor */ — UK [ˈmetəfə(r)] / UK [ˈmetəfɔː(r)] / US [ˈmetəˌfɔr] noun Word forms metaphor : singular metaphor plural metaphors 1) a) [countable] literature a word or phrase that means one thing and is used for referring to another thing in order to emphasize… …
15metaphor — met|a|phor [ˈmetəfə, fo: US fo:r] n [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: métaphore, from Latin, from Greek metaphora, from meta ( META ) + pherein to carry ] 1.) a way of describing something by referring to it as something different and …
16metaphor — noun (C, U) 1 a way of describing something by comparing it to something else that has similar qualities, without using the words like or as : The sunshine of her smile is a metaphor. | His poetry is brought alive by his masterful use of metaphor …
17metaphor — met|a|phor [ metə,fɔr ] noun * 1. ) count a word or phrase that means one thing and is used for referring to another thing in order to emphasize their similar qualities: He often uses the metaphor of the family to describe the role of the state.… …
18metaphor — A metaphor is a statement of a certain sort that is not meant to be taken literally. When the Bible describes God as a rock it does not mean to be taken literally; rather it means to be taken as affirming of God some of the attributes of a… …
19metaphor — The most important figure of speech, in which one subject matter (sometimes called the tenor) is referred to by a term or sentence (the vehicle) that does not literally describe it: the ship of state, the light of faith, etc. Philosophical… …
20metaphor — n. a mixed metaphor * * * a mixed metaphor …
