Definitions from Wiktionary (metaphor)
▸ noun: (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
▸ noun: (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
▸ noun: (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
▸ verb: (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
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▸ noun: (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
▸ noun: (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
▸ noun: (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
▸ verb: (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
Similar:
analogy,
metaphore,
allegory,
simile,
literalization,
allusion,
symbolism,
synecdoche,
personification,
metonymy,
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Types:
dead metaphor,
mixed metaphor,
extended metaphor,
implied metaphor,
visual metaphor,
conceptual metaphor,
absolute metaphor,
root metaphor,
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