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0 (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect:
1 (of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way
2 (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but to suggest part of that meaning: