likening

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 17
Letters: 8

Definition of likening

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of liken

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verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of liken

noun

The act by which things are likened; a comparison.

“I sometimes, in musing mood, find myself making spontaneous likenings of inanimate to animate nature, comparing the qualities of things to the qualities of men[…]”

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Words you can make from likening

56 playable · top: INKLING (12 pts)

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