trope

(noun, verb)

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.