trope
/tɹoʊp/ verb C2- To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
- To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif.
- To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
- To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
- To think or write in terms of tropes.
He/she/it tropes · Past troped · Past participle troped · -ing form troping
Verb forms
- Base form
- trope
- He/she/it
- tropes
- Past
- troped
- Past participle
- troped
- -ing form
- troping
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