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Simile
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| simile (ˈsɪmɪlɪ) | |
| —n | |
| Compare metaphor a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like | |
| [C14: from Latin simile something similar, from similis like] | |
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Word Origin & History
simile
1393, from L. simile "a like thing," neuter of similis "like" (see similar). "A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject." [Johnson].
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
simile [(sim-uh-lee)]A common figure of speech that explicitly compares two things usually considered different. Most similes are introduced by like or as: “The realization hit me like a bucket of cold water.” (Compare metaphor.)
Note: Some similes, such as “sleeping like a log,” have become clichés.
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