figurative

1. a. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. Source: opted

2. a. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. Source: opted

3. a. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. Source: opted

4. a. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. Source: opted

5. adj. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech Source: wordnet

6. adj. consisting of or forming human or animal figures Source: wordnet

7. 1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker. 2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. 3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. 4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n. Source: webster

8. j:100 a. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech Source: ecdict

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