Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - metaphor
Metaphor
metaphor
n. 1 the application of a name or descriptive term or phrase to an object or action to which it is imaginatively but not literally applicable (e.g. a glaring error). 2 an instance of this. Derivatives metaphoric adj. metaphorical adj. metaphorically adv. Etymology: F m{eacute}taphore or L metaphora f. Gk metaphora f. metaphero transfer
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noun see: bear Date: 15th century 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), an object, activity, or idea treated as a ~ ; symbol 2, ~ic or ~ical adjective ~ically adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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