What is the meaning of figurative?

adjective

  • Used of the meanings of words or text. ( not literal; using figures of speech)
    • usage: "figurative language"
  • Consisting of or forming human or animal figures."a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition- Herbert Read
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