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Word:

metapora :

metaphor (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: met�fora: metaphor ]

Derivatives of metapora

Glosses:

metaphor
n. (communication)	1. metaphor	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.
	~ figure of speech, trope, image, figure	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
	~ dead metaphor, frozen metaphor	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	a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect.
	~ synesthetic metaphor	a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities.