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noun
Sense 1
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake'' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake'')
Type of:
metaphor
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
1
Times Searched
15
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