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21 simile
an imaginative comparison of two unlike objects belonging to two different classes on the grounds of similarity of some qualityThe one which is compared is called the tenor, the one with which it is compared, is called the vehicle. The tenor and the vehicle form the two semantic poles of the simile, which are connected by one of the following link words: "like", "as", "as though", "as if", "as like", "such as", "as... as", etc.She is like a rose.
He stood immovable like a rock in a torrent. (J.Reed)
His muscles are hard as rock. (T.Capote)
The conversation she began behaved like green logs: they fumed but would not fire. (T.Capote)
Source: V.A.K.••characterisation of one object by bringing it into contact with another object belonging to an entirely different class of things- excludes all the properties of the two objects except one which is made common to them;- forcibly set one object against another regardless of the fact that they may be completely alien to each other;Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare. (Byron)
Other words live but a short time and are like bubbles on the surface of water - they disappear leaving no trace of their existence. (I.R.G)
His mind was restless, but it worked perversely and thoughts jerked through his brain like the misfirings of a defective carburettor. (S.Maugham)
It was that moment of the year when the countryside seems to faint from its own loveliness, from the intoxication of tis scents and sounds. (J.Galsworthy)
Source: I.R.G.Compare: logical comparisonEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > simile
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22 ἀσαφής
ἀσαφ-ής, ές,A indistinct (to the senses), dim, faint,σημεῖα Th.3.22
;σκιαγραφία Pl.Criti. 107d
; indistinct (to the mind), uncertain, obscure,πάντ'.. αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις S.OT 439
; νὺξ διὰ τὸ σκοτεινὴ εἶναι ἀσαφεστέρα ἐστίν by night one sees less distinctly, X.Mem.4.3.4;ἀ. πέλαγος AP 12.156
; inarticulate,γλῶσσα Hp.Epid.1.26
.ιγ; of sounds, Arist. Aud. 801b21;φθέγματα Epigr.Gr.1003.6
.2 of persons, obscure,διδάσκαλος Pl.R. 392d
.II Adv.- φῶς
obscurely,Id.
Cra. 427d; πολεμοῦνται ἀσαφῶς ποτέρων ἀρξάντων without knowing which began, Th.4.20. -
23 تلاشى
تَلاَشَى \ melt away: to disappear slowly but completely: The crowd melted away. vanish: disappear. \ تَلاَشَى تدريجيًّا \ fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. -
24 خبا
خَبَا \ fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. \ See Also خفت (خَفَتَ)، ضعف (ضَعُف) -
25 ضعف
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ) \ ضَعُفَ \ thin: to become thinner: His hair is thinning. weaken: make or become weak or weaker. \ See Also أضعف (أَضْعَف)، خف (خَفّ)، خفف (خَفَّفَ) -
26 die away
خَفَتَ واخْتَفَى \ die away: (of sounds) to become faint: His voice died away. -
27 drop
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ) -
28 fade
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ) -
29 fail
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ) -
30 on the wane
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ) -
31 run down
ضَعُفَ \ drop: to sink; become lower or weaker: The wind dropped. fade: (of sounds; hopes; memories) to become faint: The music faded away in the distance. fail: (of eyesight; memory) to become weak. on the wane: growing smaller. run down: (of a clock, that needs winding; of a vattery that needs charging, etc.) to weaken or stop working, for lack of power. \ See Also تضاءل (تَضَاءَل)، هبط (هَبَطَ)، خفت (خَفَتَ)، هزل (هَزَلَ)، هدأ (هَدَأَ)
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