Metapher — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adumbration noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- metaphor noun A figure of speech that describes something by calling it another thing, implying a comparison without using "like" or "as".
Senses
Metapher is used for these senses in English:
- adumbration (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
adumbration — full definition
- noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- noun A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
- noun The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
- noun A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.