English-Thai Dictionary

figurative

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น อุปมาอุปไมย  ซึ่ง เปรียบเทียบ  allegorical symbolic sueng-pen-up-pa-ma-up-pa-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIGURATIVE

a. 1. Representing something else; representing by resemblance; typical.
This they will say, was figurative, and served by God's appointment but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.
2. Representing by resemblance; not literal or direct. A figurative expression, is one in which the words are used in a sense different from that in which they are ordinarily used as,
Slander, whose edge is sharper than the sword.
3. Abounding with figures of speech; as a description highly figurative.

 

FIGURATIVELY

adv. By a figure; in a manner to exhibit ideas by resemblance; in a sense different from that which words originally imply. Words are used figuratively, when they express something different from their usual meaning.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIGURATIVE

Fig "ur *a *tive, a. Etym: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative. ]

 

1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.

 

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

 

3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.

 

4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds.Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate. -- Fig "ur *a *tive *ly, adv. -- Fig "ur *a *tive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

figurative

fig ur a tive |ˈfigyərətiv ˈfɪg (j )ərədɪv | ▶adjective 1 departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical: gold, in the figurative language of the people, was “the tears wept by the sun. ” 2 (of an artist or work of art ) representing forms that are recognizably derived from life. DERIVATIVES fig ur a tive ly adverb, fig ur a tive ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from late Latin figurativus, from figurare ‘to form or fashion, ’ from figura (see figure ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

figurative

fig ¦ura |tive |ˈfɪg (ə )rətɪv, -gjʊ -| ▶adjective 1 departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical: a figurative expression. 2 (of an artist or work of art ) representing forms that are recognizably derived from life. DERIVATIVES figuratively adverb, figurativeness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from late Latin figurativus, from figurare ‘to form or fashion ’, from figura (see figure ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

figurative

figurative adjective the example given was meant to be figurative: metaphorical, nonliteral, symbolic, allegorical, representative, emblematic. ANTONYMS literal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

figurative

figurative adjective a figurative expression: metaphorical, non-literal, symbolic, allegorical, representative, emblematic; imaginative, fanciful, poetic, ornate, literary, flowery, florid; rare tropical, parabolic. ANTONYMS literal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

figurative

fig u ra tive /fɪ́ɡjərətɪv |fɪ́ɡ (ə )rə -/→figure 形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 (字義通りでなく )比喩的な 〈言葉 表現など 〉(｟略 ｠fig. )(↔literal ).2 比喩の多い, 文飾の多い, 修辞的な .3 象徴的な, 表象的な 〈文章 〉.4 〘美 〙具象表現の, 造形による 〈美術作品 〉 (!対象を見えるままに描くこと ) ▸ figurative art 造形美術 ～ly 副詞 比喩 [象徴 ]的に (↔literally ).