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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as metaphorical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Like a metaphor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

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