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1. (n.) simile
a figure of speech in which two distinct things are compared by using “like” or “as,” as in “She is like a rose.”
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L: image, likeness, comparison, n. use of neut. of similissimilar)
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1. (noun) simile
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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1. (noun) simile
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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Sense: a form of expression using `like' or `as', in which one thing is compared to another which it only resembles in one or a small number of ways
`Her hair was like silk' is a simile.
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 Afrikaans: vergelyking |
 Arabic: تَشْبيه |
 Bulgarian: лит. сравнение |
 Brazilian: símile |
 Czech: přirovnání |
 German: der Vergleich |
 Danish: lignelse |
 Greek: παρομοίωση (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: símil |
 Estonian: võrdlus |
 Farsi: تشبيه |
 Finnish: vertaus |
 French: comparaison |
 Hebrew: דִימוּי |
 Hindi: उपमा |
 Croatian: poredba |
 Hungarian: hasonlat |
 Indonesian: kiasan |
 Icelandic: (sam)líking |
 Italian: similitudine |
 Japanese: 直喩 |
 Korean: 직유법 |
 Lithuanian: palyginimas |
 Latvian: salīdzinājums |
 Malay: perumpamaan |
 Dutch: vergelijking |
 Norwegian: sammenlikning |
 Polish: porównanie |
 Persian: تشبيه |
 Pashto: تشبيه (ورته والى |
 Portuguese: símile |
 Romanian: comparaţie |
 Russian: сравнение |
 Slovak: prirovnanie |
 Slovenian: prispodoba |
 Serbian: stilsko poređenje |
 Swedish: liknelse |
 Thai: การเปรียบเทียบ |
 Turkish: benzetme, teşbih |
 Taiwanese: (修辭)直喻，明喻 |
 Ukrainian: порівняння |
 Urdu: تشبیہہ |
 Vietnamese: sự ví von |
 Chinese: 明喻 |
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