Word Employed In A Figurative Sense Crossword Clue

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	noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
	31%	9		Figure of speech in which a word is used in a literal and figurative sense at the same time
	noun • use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
	27%	11		Figurative language employed incorrectly or inappropriately
	noun • strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

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	Clue	Source
1	Figurative language employed incorrectly or inappropriately
2	Figurative use of a word New York Times - 03 Jul 2013	New York Times / 03 Jul 2013
3	Figure of speech in which a word is used in a literal and figurative sense at the same time
4	From the Latin for “collect, gather together”, a word for spirals, helices or twists, such as those observed in incense, ropes, snakes, springs or wires; or, figurative entanglements, hubbubs, perplexities or stirs Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 05 Aug 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 05 Aug 2023
5	Homophonous with the name of a spring onion-like scallion, a word for a crack allowing the escape of liquid, gas or figurative secret information Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 26 Aug 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 26 Aug 2023
6	Poetic word for the ocean; a bubbly frothy mass such as soap suds or the spindrift, spray, spume or surf of a wave; or, figurative fury Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 29 Apr 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 29 Apr 2023
7	Word used in a figurative sense The Guardian Speedy - 26 Dec 2004	The Guardian Speedy / 26 Dec 2004

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