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Simile - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Simile : (noun)
1: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between
things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or
`as')
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Simile : \Simi"*le\, n.; pl. Similes. [L., from similis. See
Similar.] (Rhet.)
A word or 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Simile |
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jhadleyconrad: @kranepool Is that a metaphor wrapped in a Simile inside an enigma? Bay gonna be a Met? #killallyankeesandsawx |
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southcolt88: @kylehafkey where the hell did you come up with that Simile?! |
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newsfromitaly: @myminimallook 'Birds of a feather usually stick together' Quelli che sono uguale restano vicino - o qualcosa di Simile |
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