"likening" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-likening.wav [US] Forms: likenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} likening (plural likenings)
  1. The act by which things are likened; a comparison.
    Sense id: en-likening-en-noun-L4SHGJA9

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-likening.wav [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} likening
  1. present participle and gerund of liken Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: liken
    Sense id: en-likening-en-verb-EOfGiuju Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Inflected forms

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