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Repast :: Repast (n.) That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment..

Marry :: Marry (v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation..

Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain..

Horse :: Horse (n.) Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby..

Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively..

Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

Pregnancy :: Pregnancy (n.) Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility..

Dust :: Dust (n.) Figuratively, a worthless thing..

Knell :: Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything..

Stratum :: Stratum (n.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively..

Translative :: Translative (a.) tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense..

Typographical :: Typographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.

Platform :: Platform (n.) A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively..

Up :: Up (adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied..

Ring :: Ring (n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting..

Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description..

Mordacious :: Mordacious (a.) Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing..

Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative..

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth..

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