"metaphorize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From metaphor + -ize.",
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      "form": "metaphorizes",
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      "form": "metaphorizing",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To describe using metaphors."
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          "metaphor",
          "metaphor"
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        {
          "word": "metaphorise"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐyù",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "比喻"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "vertauskuvallistaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "métaphoriser"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "metaforeggiare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "metaforizzare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eunyureul sayonghayeo gisulhada",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "은유를 사용하여 기술하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
          "word": "metaforizar"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "metaphorize"
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      "expansion": "metaphor + -ize",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From metaphor + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metaphorizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metaphorizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metaphorized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metaphorized",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "metaphorise"
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      "roman": "bǐyù",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "比喻"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "vertauskuvallistaa"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "métaphoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "metaforeggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "metaforizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eunyureul sayonghayeo gisulhada",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "은유를 사용하여 기술하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "describe something using metaphors",
      "word": "metaforizar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metaphorize"
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