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metaphoric
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective metaphoric has 1 sense
- metaphoric(s = adj.all) metaphorical - expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" Derived form noun metaphor1
CIDE DICTIONARY
metaphoric, a. [Gr. : cf. F. métaphorique.].
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. [1913 Webster]
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