01 n. 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 co…
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Similes ((#))
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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.(Rhet.)“A good swift simile, but something currish.” — Shak.