metaphorical term or expression
1figure — I. n. 1. Form, shape, conformation, configuration, outline, tournure. 2. Image, likeness, effigy, representation. 3. Appearance (as respects action or conduct). 4. Distinguished appearance. 5. Design (on cloth, paper, etc.), pattern. 6 …
2Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… …
3Gnome — This article is about the humanoid creature. For the computing desktop environment, see GNOME. For the lawn ornament, see garden gnome. For other uses, see Gnome (disambiguation). A gnome /ˈnoʊm …
4Weft — In weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn under and over parallel warp yarns to create a fabric. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the fill or the filling yarn , and in India, it is referred to as baana .The weft is a… …
5The Apostolic See — The Apostolic See † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Apostolic See (Soles apostolica, cathedra apostolica). This is a metaphorical term, used, as happens in all languages, to express the abstract notion of authority by the concrete… …
6Islamic culture — Part of a series on Islamic culture Architecture …
7Matthew 6:27 — is the twenty seventh verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse continues the discussion of worry about material provisions. In the King James Version of the Bible… …
8Fig leaf — A fig leaf is the covering up of an act or an object that is embarrassing or disagreeable. The term is a metaphorical reference to the Biblical Book of Genesis, in which Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover their nakedness after eating the fruit …
9Anti-language — is an idea developed by the linguist M. A. K. Halliday. An anti language is the language of a social group which develops as a means of preventing people from outside the group understanding it. It may use the same vocabulary and grammar, but in… …
10metaphor — metaphorical /met euh fawr i keuhl, for /, metaphoric, adj. metaphorically, adv. metaphoricalness, n. /met euh fawr , feuhr/, n. 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in… …
