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Simile

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Noun

1. simile

a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with like' or as')

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Simile

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noun
a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like
Compare metaphor

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Simile

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noun
a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine)
see also metaphor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Simile

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n.
A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).

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