Answer | Crossword Clue |
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TROPE | Use of a word in a figurative sense. |
antiphrasis | the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning |
antiphrases | ANTIPHRASIS, the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning |
TROPE | Figurative use of a word |
TROPE | Figurative use of a word. |
intransitive | (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) Not taking a direct object, e.g., look in look at the sky |
transitive | (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) Able to take a direct object (expressed or implied), e.g., saw in he saw the donkey |