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 simila…
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something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Word origins, Semantic change.the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Semantic change.the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Semantic change.the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Semantic change.a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Semantic change.a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.
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The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock pois…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: visible, association, convention, represents, else.Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.
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