About The Word Simile
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Simile
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What's The Definition Of Simile?
[n] a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Synonyms | Synonyms for Simile: Related Terms | Find terms related to Simile: See Also | figure | figure of speech | image | trope Simile In Webster's Dictionary \Simi"*le\, n.; pl. {Similes}. [L., from similis. See
{Similar}.] (Rhet.)
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.
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