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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

metaphor

/(mĕt"ȧ*fôr` [or] mĕt"ȧ*fẽr)/ · met·a·phor · IPA /ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ/
01 n. The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g.…
  1. 1.
    The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.(Rhet.)