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Definition of Figurative |
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Figurative
Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. Related Definitions: Abounding, And, Applied, As, By, Carving, Description, Drawing, Figurative, Figure, Florid, Flowery, Form, Highly, In, Is, Literal, Metaphor, Not, Of, Or, Relating, Representation, Representative, Resemblance, See, Sense, Speech, That, The, To, Tropical, Typical, Used |
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Figurative Translations
figurative in Dutch is oneigenlijk, figuurlijk figurative in German is bildlich figurative in Portuguese is figurativo figurative in Spanish is figurado |
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