Definition of Metaphor

1. Noun. 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.


Definition of Metaphor

1. n. The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Definition of Metaphor

1. Noun. (uncountable figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words ''like'' or ''as'', which would imply a simile. ¹

2. Noun. (countable rhetoric) The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metaphor

1. a type of figure of speech [n -S]

Medical Definition of Metaphor

1. The application of a concept to which it is not literally applicable but which suggests a resemblance and invites comparison. Metaphors as figures of speech are a common literary device but in the history of medicine, metaphors lend a philosophical aura. Medical metaphors were widespread in ancient literature; the description of a sick body was often used by ancient writers to define a critical condition of the state, in which one corrupt part can ruin the entire system. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphor

metaperiodate
metaperiodates
metaperspectival
metaperspective
metaperspectives
metaphase
metaphase II
metaphase i
metaphase plate
metaphases
metaphilosopher
metaphilosophers
metaphilosophical
metaphilosophies
metaphilosophy
metaphor (current term)
metaphore
metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorical extension
metaphorical theism
metaphorically
metaphoricity
metaphorise
metaphorist
metaphorists
metaphorize
metaphors
metaphosphate
metaphosphates

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