simile

1. n. A word or word/phrase">phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. Source: opted

2. n. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’) Source: wordnet

3. A word or word/phrase">phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak. Source: webster

4. A word or word/phrase">phrase by which anything is likened, in one or moreof its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical orimaginative comparison.A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak. Source: adambom

5. n:100 n. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') Source: ecdict

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