metaphoric in English

adjective

['metə'fɔrɪkl ,-'fɑ- /-'fɒ-]

of or pertaining to a metaphor, of simile; representational, allegory-like

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1. Next portrait interpretation is metaphoric.

2. The Scriptures also mention this instrument in a metaphoric sense.

3. 2 Simile, metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche have the same characteristic that is metaphoric use.

4. In Algerians without Borders, Allan Christelow examines the factors that have drawn or pushed Algerians to cross borders, both literal and metaphoric

5. 18 The metaphoric juxtaposition of incongruous thematic material is motivated by the exigencies of the main character's job as a simultaneous interpreter.

6. Queiroz-Siqueira (1972) describes a “metaphoric Anthropophagism”, built on a desire to eliminate conflict by absorbing the totality of the world into oneself

7. Cob (n.) a word or set of identical words with a wide range of meanings, many seeming to derive from notions of "heap, lump, rounded object," also "head," and metaphoric extensions of both

8. Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations; Concentration and Extermination Camps; Deniers and Denial; Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism; European Jewry Before the Holocaust; Escape; The Ghettos; Hiding; Righteous Gentiles; Rescue; Resistance; Liberation; Nazi War Crimes and Judgement; Other Victims of Nazi Persecution; Perpetrators

9. ‘In a society dominated by Allegorical and historical painting, his scenes of contemporary life were regarded as a novelty.’ ‘The film is rich in Allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies.’ ‘Vietnamese songs are very metaphoric and very Allegorical and very soft.’

10. ‘In a society dominated by Allegorical and historical painting, his scenes of contemporary life were regarded as a novelty.’ ‘The film is rich in Allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies.’ ‘Vietnamese songs are very metaphoric and very Allegorical and very soft.’

11. Adage, a saying, often in metaphoric form, that embodies a common observation, such as "If the shoe fits, wear it,’’ "Out of the frying pan, into the fire,’’ or "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.’’ The scholar Erasmus published a well-known collection of Adages as

12. We "Apprehend" many truths which we do not "comprehend" [Richard Trench, "On the Study of Words," 1856] The metaphoric extension to "seize with the mind" took place in Latin and was the sole sense of cognate Old French aprendre (12c., Modern French appréhender); also compare apprentice)