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    [Noun]  | "met*a*phor" | \ ˈme-tə-ˌfȯr \


    1: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language

    2: an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : symbol


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear {mat|bear|};

    [Adjective]  | "metaphoric" 


    1: expressing one thing in terms normally used for another;


      * e.g., " ... an author fond of such metaphorical phrases as the desert was a fiery furnace "





    [Noun]  | "metaphor" 


    1: an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something;


      * e.g., " ... it's raining cats and dogs is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement "



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