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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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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..
Metaphorist
::
Metaphorist
(n.) One who makes
metaphors.
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..
Figurate
::
Figurate
(a.)
Figurative;
metaphorical.
Metaphoric
::
Metaphoric
(a.) Alt. of
Metaphorica.
Doubtful
::
Doubtful
(a.) Not
settled
in
opinion;
undetermined;
wavering;
hesitating
in
belief;
also used,
metaphorically,
of the body when its
action
is
affected
by such a state of mind; as, we are
doubtful
of a fact, or of the
propriety
of a
measure..
Literal
::
Literal
(a.)
According
to the
letter
or
verbal
expression;
real; not
figurative
or
metaphorical;
as, the
literal
meaning
of a
phrase..
Envelop
::
Envelop
(n.) A set of
limits
for the
performance
capabilities
of some type of
machine,
originally
used to refer to
aircraft.
Now also used
metaphorically
to refer to
capabilities
of any
system
in
general,
including
human
organizations,
esp. in the
phrase
push the
envelope.
It is used to refer to the
maximum
performance
available
at the
current
state of the
technology,
and
therefore
refers
to a class of
machines
in
general,
not a
specific
machine..
Translation
::
Translation
(n.) A
transfer
of
meaning
in a word or
phrase,
a
metaphor;
a
tralation..
Syllepsis
::
Syllepsis
(n.) A
figure
of
speech
by which a word is used in a
literal
and
metaphorical
sense at the same time.
Tralatition
::
Tralatition
(n.) A
change,
as in the use of
words;
a
metaphor..
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..
Tropical
::
Tropical
(n.)
Rhetorically
changed
from its exact
original
sense;
being of the
nature
of a
trope;
figurative;
metaphorical.
Breasted
::
Breasted
(a.)
Having
a
breast;
-- used in
composition
with
qualifying
words,
in
either
a
literal
or a
metaphorical
sense;
as, a
single-breasted
coat..
Figure
::
Figure
(n.) To
represent
by a
metaphor;
to
signify
or
symbolize.
Gehenna
::
Gehenna
(n.) The
valley
of
Hinnom,
near
Jerusalem,
where some of the
Israelites
sacrificed
their
children
to
Moloch,
which,
on this
account,
was
afterward
regarded
as a place of
abomination,
and made a
receptacle
for all the
refuse
of the city,
perpetual
fires being kept up in order to
prevent
pestilential
effluvia.
In the New
Testament
the name is
transferred,
by an easy
metaphor,
to
Hell..
Lamp
::
Lamp (n.)
Figuratively,
anything
which
enlightens
intellectually
or
morally;
anything
regarded
metaphorically
a
performing
the uses of a
lamp..
Tralation
::
Tralation
(n.) The use of a word in a
figurative
or
extended
sense;
ametaphor;
a
trope.
Grass
::
Grass (n.)
Metaphorically
used for what is
transitory.
Bear
::
Bear (n.)
Metaphorically:
A
brutal,
coarse,
or
morose
person..
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