You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
simile
(noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with βlikeβ or βasβ)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.
• figure of speech
• dissimile
• mislie, smilie
Source: Wiktionary
Simi"*le, n.; pl. Similes. Etym: [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.