See simile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]",
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"text": "My father is a quiet man / With sober, steady ways; / For simile, a folded fan; / His nights are like his days.",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"roman": "jigyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "시밀레"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"roman": "upama",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "ഉപമ"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "kupu whakarite"
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašbih",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "تشبیه"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "porównanie"
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "símile"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "comparație"
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "сравне́ние"
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"lang": "Sanskrit",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
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"word": "उपमा"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"neuter"
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"word": "поређење"
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "primera"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "símil"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "liknelse"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "uvamai",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "உவமை"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ùp-bpà-maa",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "อุปมา"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "teşbih"
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"roman": "porívnjannja",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "порі́вняння"
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "so sánh"
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