adjective. undefined

adjective. Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical.

adjective. Containing many figures of speech; ornate.

adjective. Represented by a figure or resemblance; symbolic or emblematic.

adjective. Of or relating to artistic representation by means of animal or human figures.

In geometry, at infinity.

Representing by means of a figure; manifesting or suggesting by resemblance; typical; emblematic.

Of the nature of or involving a figure of rhetoric; used in a metaphorical or tropical sense; metaphorical; not literal.

Abounding with figures of speech; ornate; flowery; florid: as, a description highly figurative.

In music, same as figurate, 3.

adjective. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

adjective. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.

adjective. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid.

adjective. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.

adjective. See under Figurate.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".

adjective. Metaphorically so called

adjective. With many figures of speech

adjective. Emblematic

adjective. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

adjective. consisting of or forming human or animal figures