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Definition of metaphor
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of metaphor is as below...
Metaphor
(n.) The
transference
of the
relation
between
one set of
objects
to
another
set for the
purpose
of brief
explanation;
a
compressed
simile;
e. g., the ship plows the sea..
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Tralation
::
Tralation
(n.) The use of a word in a
figurative
or
extended
sense;
ametaphor;
a
trope.
Figurative
::
Figurative
(a.) Used in a sense that is
tropical,
as a
metaphor;
not
literal;
--
applied
to words and
expressions..
Met-
::
Met- () A
prefix
meaning
between,
with,
after,
behind,
over,
about,
reversely;
as,
metachronism,
the error of
placing
after the
correct
time;
metaphor,
lit., a
carrying
over;
metathesis,
a
placing
reversely..
Hackney
::
Hackney
(v. t.) To
devote
to
common
or
frequent
use, as a horse or
carriage;
to wear out in
common
service;
to make trite or
commonplace;
as, a
hackneyed
metaphor
or
quotation..
Translatitious
::
Translatitious
(a.)
Metaphorical;
tralatitious;
also,
foreign;
exotic..
Aftergrowth
::
Aftergrowth
(n.) A
second
growth
or crop, or
(metaphorically)
development..
Metaphorist
::
Metaphorist
(n.) One who makes
metaphors.
Martingal
::
Martingal
(n.) The act of
doubling,
at each
stake,
that which has been lost on the
preceding
stake;
also, the sum so
risked;
--
metaphorically
derived
from the
bifurcation
of the
martingale
of a
harness..
Grass
::
Grass (n.)
Metaphorically
used for what is
transitory.
Tropical
::
Tropical
(n.)
Rhetorically
changed
from its exact
original
sense;
being of the
nature
of a
trope;
figurative;
metaphorical.
Tropically
::
Tropically
(adv.)
In a
tropical
manner;
figuratively;
metaphorically.
Bear
::
Bear (n.)
Metaphorically:
A
brutal,
coarse,
or
morose
person..
Transumptive
::
Transumptive
(a.)
Taking
from one to
another;
metaphorical.
Lucifer
::
Lucifer
(n.) The
planet
Venus,
when
appearing
as the
morning
star; --
applied
in
Isaiah
by a
metaphor
to a king of
Babylon..
Lamp
::
Lamp (n.)
Figuratively,
anything
which
enlightens
intellectually
or
morally;
anything
regarded
metaphorically
a
performing
the uses of a
lamp..
Force
::
Force (n.) To exert to the
utmost;
to urge;
hence,
to
strain;
to urge to
excessive,
unnatural,
or
untimely
action;
to
produce
by
unnatural
effort;
as, to force a
consient
or
metaphor;
to force a
laugh;
to force
fruits..
Metaphor
::
Metaphor
(n.) The
transference
of the
relation
between
one set of
objects
to
another
set for the
purpose
of brief
explanation;
a
compressed
simile;
e. g., the ship plows the sea..
Literal
::
Literal
(a.)
According
to the
letter
or
verbal
expression;
real; not
figurative
or
metaphorical;
as, the
literal
meaning
of a
phrase..
Vinegar
::
Vinegar
(a.)
Hence,
anything
sour; -- used also
metaphorically..
Embellish
::
Embellish
(v. t.) To make
beautiful
or
elegant
by
ornaments;
to
decorate;
to
adorn;
as, to
embellish
a book with
pictures,
a
garden
with
shrubs
and
flowers,
a
narrative
with
striking
anecdotes,
or style with
metaphors..
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