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met·a·phor
\ˈmed.əˌfȯ(ə)r, ˈmetə-, -ȯ(ə) also -_fə(r) sometimes -ˌfō(ə)r or -ōə\ noun
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Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, change, from meta- + pherein to bear — more at bear
: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in the ship plows the seas or in a volley of oaths) : an implied comparison (as in a marble brow) in contrast to the explicit comparison of the simile (as in a brow white as marble) — compare trope |