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Metaphor

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Noun

1. metaphor

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

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Metaphor

see synonyms of metaphor
noun
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance, for example he is a lion in battle
Compare simile

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Metaphor

see synonyms of metaphor
noun
a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another (Ex.: the curtain of night, “all the world's a stage”)
see also simile, mixed metaphor

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Metaphor

see synonyms of metaphor
n.
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).
2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven" (Neal Gabler).

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