HyperDic: simile

English > 1 sense of the word simile:
NOUNcommunicationsimilea figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
English > simile: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as').
Broadertrope, figure of speech, figure, imagelanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Spanishsimile, símil
Catalansímil

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