liken
verb (used with object)
Origin of liken
Related Words for likening
relate, equate, correlate, resemble, assimilate, equal, link, balance, approach, parallel, match, allegorizeExamples from the Web for likening
Contemporary Examples of likening
Likening their creation to a cultural telescope, they proceed to share some of their ostensibly dazzling findings.
He coached me on how to perform oral sex, likening it to “sucking a lollipop.”
Raped by a Teacher: One Woman’s Tragic Past at the Horace Mann SchoolAbigail Pesta
September 19, 2012
He displayed “an attitude of complacency,” with one likening him to “a dodgy geezer.”
Khrushchev was offended by that likening of him to a dog barking.
Kiselyov is fond of Third Reich references, likening Russian anti-corruption campaigner and Putin critic Alexey Navalny to Hitler.
Historical Examples of likening
If she says she is sorry for likening me to Winfield, I will tell her who sent the roses.
Polly in New YorkLillian Elizabeth Roy
To the first part alone he gave his approval, likening it to the Song of Solomon.
BalzacFrederick Lawton
He was fond of likening his suite of office rooms to the bottom of a ship.
WhirligigsO. Henry
It is hard to say what "exquisite reason" Cervantes can have had for likening a girl's eyes to emeralds above all other gems.
The Exemplary Novels of CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The policeman's figure of speech, likening the lodgers to "herrings in a barrel," accurately described the scene.
The Fallen LeavesWilkie Collins