Metaphor - English meaning

noun

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Usage examples:

Pilgrim's progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey

noun

A story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics

Usage examples:

The play can be read as allegory., augustine's "city of god" is an allegory of the triumph of good …

noun

A comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Usage examples:

An analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies

noun

A comparison of the features or qualities of two different things to show their similarities

Usage examples:

[ c ] he was explaining that the mind has no form and is invisible, and that a useful analogy is of…

noun

A comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea

Usage examples:

He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer., it is sometimes easier to illustrate an …

noun

A consideration or estimate of the similarities or dissimilarities between two things or people.

Usage examples:

They drew a comparison between gandhi's teaching and that of other teachers

noun

An examination of the differences between persons or things

Usage examples:

[ u ] we kept a copy of an earlier letter for comparison., [ u ] though over six feet tall, he was …

noun

Excessive pride in oneself.

Usage examples:

He was puffed up with conceit

noun

The habit or attitude of thinking yourself better than others, even when there is no reason to think so

Usage examples:

He’s a great musician, and not conceited at all.

noun

A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.

Usage examples:

America's national emblem, the bald eagle

noun

An object that is used to represent a particular person, group, or idea, or a picture of the object

Usage examples:

A dove is often used as an emblem of peace.

noun

Something such as a picture which is a symbol for a particular person, organization, group, or idea

Usage examples:

The merchandise carries the alfa romeo emblem., the leather-goods manufacturer began to be seen an …

idiom

An expression that uses words to mean something different than what they usually mean

Usage examples:

You usually use the figure of speech "break a leg" to wish actors good luck.

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Usage examples:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Usage examples:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

noun

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by jesus in the gospels.

Usage examples:

The parable of the blind men and the elephant

noun

A simple story told because it represents a basic moral truth or religious principle

noun

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Usage examples:

The symbol r in figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

verb

Symbolize.

Usage examples:

The first was symbol of the atonement the 2nd was to symbol the carrying away of sins.

noun

A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.

Usage examples:

Both clothes and illness became tropes for new attitudes toward the self