tur: mecaz

Information
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Meaning
means	(noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') simile
means	(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 metaphor
means	(noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense figure, trope, figure of speech, image