metaphor

Definitions

(Noun) A literary device used to compare one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as".

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(Noun) a comparison without using "like" or "as"

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(Noun) 1. To describe something very unusually by saying if it actually was something else.
2. A comparison that is the opposite of a simile.
3. An adjective that describes weirdly and is often found in poems.

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to implicitly define something

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(Noun) a comparison not using "like" or "as"

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(Expression) Metaphors are a way to describe something. Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.