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Metaphorical :: Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense..

Metanotum :: Metanotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

Image :: Image (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor..

Bear :: Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person..

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..

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..

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.

Metaphorist :: Metaphorist (n.) One who makes metaphors.

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..

Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions..

Tralatition :: Tralatition (n.) A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor..

Grass :: Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

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..

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..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources..

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Figurative; metaphorical.

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