metaphor 1

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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

Angielski

Definicja

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Derivationally related form

metaphorical 1

przymiotnik

expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

metaphoric 1

przymiotnik

expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

Hyponym

dead metaphor 1

rzeczownik

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')

mixed metaphor 1

rzeczownik

a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

synesthetic metaphor 1

rzeczownik

a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities