trope
noun
1. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Similar word(s): figure, image
Definition categories: communication
verb
1. To use, or embellish something with a trope.
2. (often literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.
3. (often literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.
4. (intransitive) To think or write in terms of tropes.