Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - simile
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n. 1 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as an illustration or ornament (e.g. as brave as a lion). 2 the use of such comparison. Etymology: ME f. L, neut. of similis like ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(similes) A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences ‘She runs like a deer’ and ‘He’s as white as a sheet’ contain similes. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else, using the words `as' or `like', for example `as white as snow' 2 the use of expressions like this ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from L. simile "a like thing," neuter of similis "like." "A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject." [Johnson]. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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