Definition of simile

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Simile (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison..

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Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..
Compare :: Compare (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.
Indigestible :: Indigestible (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile..
Similitude :: Similitude (n.) That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile..
Autotype :: Autotype (n.) A facsimile.
Electrotype :: Electrotype (v. t.) To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n..
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile..
Similes :: Similes (pl. ) of Simil.
Polytype :: Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief..
Resemblance :: Resemblance (n.) A comparison; a simile.
Dissimile :: Dissimile (n.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Similitude :: Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile..
Dissimilitude :: Dissimilitude (n.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Facsimile :: Facsimile (v. t.) To make a facsimile of.
Squeezer :: Squeeze (n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone..
Authotype :: Authotype (n.) A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.
Electrotype :: Electrotype (n.) A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively..
Model :: Model (n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size..
Simile :: Simile (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison..
Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..
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