Английский Этимологический словарь - metaphor
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~ n 1 a way of describing something by comparing it to something else that has similar qualities, without using the words 'like' or 'as' (`The sunshine of her smile' is a metaphor. | His poetry is brought alive by his masterful use of metaphor.) (- compare simile) 2 mixed metaphor the use of two different metaphors at the same time to describe something, especially in a way that seems silly or funny 3 something in a book, painting, film etc that is intended to represent a more general idea or quality; symbol + for (Their relationship is a metaphor for the failure of communication in the modern world.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(metaphors) 1. A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse. ...the avoidance of ‘violent expressions and metaphors’ like ‘kill two birds with one stone’. ...the writer’s use of metaphor. N-VAR 2. If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart. N-VAR: oft N for n 3. If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke. To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I’ve clipped your wings... PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French ~e, from Latin ~a, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear — more at bear Date: 15th century 1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly figurative language — compare simile 2. an object, activity, or idea treated as a ~ ; symbol 2 • ~ic or ~ical adjective • ~ically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the application of a name or descriptive term or phrase to an object or action to which it is imaginatively but not literally applicable (e.g. a glaring error). 2 an instance of this. Derivatives metaphoric adj. metaphorical adj. metaphorically adv. Etymology: F m{eacute}taphore or L metaphora f. Gk metaphora f. metaphero transfer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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