n07106800
type | n |
lex_filenum | 10 |
def | 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 |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | trope, figure of speech, figure, image |
Derivationally related form | metaphor → metaphoric |
Derivationally related form | metaphor → metaphorical |
Hyponym | dead metaphor, frozen metaphor; mixed metaphor; synesthetic metaphor |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | metaphoric → metaphor |
Derivationally related form | metaphorical → metaphor |
Hyponym | trope, figure of speech, figure, image |
Hypernym | dead metaphor, frozen metaphor; mixed metaphor; synesthetic metaphor |
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