metaphor
(noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
metaphor (countable and uncountable, plural metaphors)
(uncountable and countable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, since use of those words would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.
(countable, GUI) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
• (rhetoric): figure of speech, trope
metaphor (third-person singular simple present metaphors, present participle metaphoring, simple past and past participle metaphored)
(intransitive) To use a metaphor.
(transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
• prothema
Source: Wiktionary
Met"a*phor, n. Etym: [F. métaphore, L. metaphora, fr. Gr. meta` beyond, over + fe`rein to bring, bear.] (Rhet.)
Definition: The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. "All the world's a stage." Shak.
Note: The statement, "that man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "that man is like a fox," is a simile, similitude, or comparison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
