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SIMILE

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor

The meaning of the word simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor.

Random words

WordMeaning
recuperateto get back : regain
disclaimto make a disclaimer
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
endorseto write on the back of
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable