CreativeLang/moh_metaphor huggingface dataset:
Sentence: the manuscript is not rubricated
The word "rubricate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated
The word "rubricate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She wanted to ruffle his composure.
The word "ruffle" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: This play is going to ruffle some people.
The word "ruffle" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The bird ruffled its feathers.
The word "ruffle" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The wind ruffled the surface of the water.
The word "ruffle" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The seamstress ruffled the curtain fabric.
The word "ruffle" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
The word "ruin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election
The word "ruin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The country lay ruined after the war
The word "ruin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We sailed the Atlantic
The word "sail" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I love sailing, especially on the open sea
The word "sail" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
The word "sail" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
The word "salt" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She salts her lectures with jokes
The word "salt" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: people used to salt meats on ships
The word "salt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me
The word "salute" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I salute your courage!
The word "salute" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: a terrible stench saluted our nostrils
The word "salute" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute
The word "salute" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This bike scales only 25 pounds
The word "scale" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The troops scaled the walls of the fort
The word "scale" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We scaled the Mont Blanc
The word "scale" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This model must be scaled down
The word "scale" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the surgeon scanned the X-ray
The word "scan" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
The word "scan" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The beams scanned the night sky
The word "scan" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The heat scorched the countryside.
The word "scorch" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes.
The word "scorch" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun.
The word "scorch" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The home team scored many times.
The word "score" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She scored the clay before firing it.
The word "score" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She scored high on the SAT.
The word "score" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They scored the SAT essays.
The word "score" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cat scraped at the armchair
The word "scrape" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They scraped a letter into the stone
The word "scrape" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She had scraped together enough money for college
The word "scrape" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They decided to screen the blood for the HIV virus.
The word "screen" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The officer screened the suitcases.
The word "screen" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The scientist screened these samples.
The word "screen" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
The word "seat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The theater seats 2,000
The word "seat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: seat the camera on the tripod
The word "seat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the mother seated the toddler on the high chair
The word "seat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She seems to be sleeping
The word "seem" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: It seems that he is very gifted
The word "seem" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now
The word "seem" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I seem to be misunderstood by everyone
The word "seem" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This neighborhood is segregated
The word "segregate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Many towns segregated into new counties
The word "segregate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the sun segregates the carbon
The word "segregate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
The word "seize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The terrorists seized the politicians
The word "seize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
The word "seize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The FBI seized the drugs
The word "seize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Fear seized the prisoners
The word "seize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: These books sell like hot cakes.
The word "sell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The French try to sell us their image as great lovers.
The word "sell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The brothers sell shoes.
The word "sell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
The word "sense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I sense his hostility
The word "sense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I sensed the real meaning of his letter
The word "sense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
The word "sensitize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
The word "sensitize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
The word "sensitize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: sensitize the photographic film
The word "sensitize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the estate was sequestered
The word "sequester" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cations were sequestered
The word "sequester" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
The word "sequester" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
The word "sequester" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bad news shook her hopes.
The word "shake" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: I couldn't shake the car that was following me.
The word "shake" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Shake the salt out of the salt shaker.
The word "shake" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We had to sharpen our arguments
The word "sharpen" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The debate sharpened
The word "sharpen" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: This drug will sharpen your vision
The word "sharpen" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He shed his image as a pushy boss.
The word "shed" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She shed a lot of tears when this happened.
The word "shed" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Our dog sheds every Spring.
The word "shed" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You have shipwrecked my career.
The word "shipwreck" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea.
The word "shipwreck" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The vessel was shipwrecked.
The word "shipwreck" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He shortened his trip due to illness
The word "shorten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The manuscript must be shortened
The word "shorten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: shorten the rope by a few inches
The word "shorten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: In winter, the days shorten
The word "shorten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was showered with praise
The word "shower" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The guests showered rice on the couple
The word "shower" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You should shower after vigorous exercise
The word "shower" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Meteors showered down over half of Australia
The word "shower" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He showered her with presents
The word "shower" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The soldiers sifted through the woods.
The word "sift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He sifted the information.
The word "sift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They sifted through the job candidates.
The word "sift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She signed the letter and sent it off.
The word "sign" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He signed to play the casino on December 18.
The word "sign" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They signed two new pitchers for the next season.
The word "sign" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture.
The word "sign" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: This road has been signed.
The word "sign" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin.
The word "sign" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was singing while she was cooking
The word "sing" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The nightingale was singing
The word "sing" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the kettle was singing
The word "sing" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: When does the court of law sit?
The word "sit" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue
The word "sit" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
The word "sit" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He smashed a 3-run homer
The word "smash" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She smashed her car against the guard rail
The word "smash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail
The word "smash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off
The word "smash" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: smother the meat in gravy
The word "smother" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The word "smother" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the butter cream smothered the cake
The word "smother" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom
The word "snort" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The critic snorted contemptuously
The word "snort" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day
The word "snort" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He never socializes with his colleagues
The word "socialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The children must be properly socialized
The word "socialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Children have to be socialized in school
The word "socialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Health care should be socialized!
The word "socialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce.
The word "solicit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was solicited by a prostitute.
The word "solicit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents.
The word "solicit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She is too shy to solicit.
The word "solicit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This record sounds scratchy
The word "sound" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: sound a certain note
The word "sound" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She sowed sunflower seeds
The word "sow" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: sow suspicion or beliefs
The word "sow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: sow the ground with sunflower seeds
The word "sow" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Bullets were spatting down on us
The word "spat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: mollusks or oysters spat
The word "spat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Bullets were spatting the leaves
The word "spat" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She specializes in Near Eastern history
The word "specialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: specialize one's research
The word "specialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She specializes in honey bees
The word "specialize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: How do you spell this word?
The word "spell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I'm afraid this spells trouble!
The word "spell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He spelled the word wrong in this letter
The word "spell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She spelled her husband at the wheel
The word "spell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: the workers spell every four hours
The word "spell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She splashed the water around her.
The word "splash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The mother splashed the baby's face with water.
The word "splash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The mountain was splashed with snow.
The word "splash" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Water was splashing on the floor.
The word "splash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The wine spotted the tablecloth
The word "spot" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This dress spots quickly
The word "spot" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: spot the areas that one should clearly identify
The word "spot" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Water sprayed all over the floor
The word "spray" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: spray water on someone
The word "spray" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: spray the wall with paint
The word "spray" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The invaders spread their language all over the country
The word "spread" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: spread cheese on a piece of bread
The word "spread" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: A big oil spot spread across the water
The word "spread" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He spread fertilizer over the lawn
The word "spread" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: spread the bread with cheese
The word "spread" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: square the wood with a file
The word "square" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He squared his shoulders
The word "square" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: one idea squares with the other one
The word "square" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The drunken man staggered into the room.
The word "stagger" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He staggered along in the heavy snow.
The word "stagger" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The architect decided to stagger the chairs in the lecture hall.
The word "stagger" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake.
The word "stagger" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
The word "stagnate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: There are marshes that stagnate the waters
The word "stagnate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: blood stagnates in the capillaries
The word "stagnate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
The word "stagnate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The car stalled in the driveway
The word "stall" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
The word "stall" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
The word "stall" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
The word "stamp" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: His playing stamps him as a Romantic
The word "stamp" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Are the letters properly stamped?
The word "stamp" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: stamp fruit extract the juice
The word "stamp" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Thunderbolts can stampede animals
The word "stampede" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating
The word "stampede" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Companies will now stampede to release their latest software
The word "stampede" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The ship steamed off into the Pacific
The word "steam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The rain forest was literally steaming
The word "steam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
The word "steam" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: steam-clean the upholstered sofa
The word "steam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: just steam the vegetables
The word "steam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
The word "steamroll" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The new teacher tends to steamroller
The word "steamroll" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: steamroller the opposition
The word "steamroll" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
The word "steamroller" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The new teacher tends to steamroller
The word "steamroller" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: steamroller the road
The word "steamroller" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: steamroller the opposition
The word "steamroller" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She stepped into a life of luxury
The word "step" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The architect wants to step the terrace
The word "step" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: step over to the blackboard
The word "step" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The book stimulated her imagination
The word "stimulate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Coffee and tea stimulate me
The word "stimulate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: stimulate my appetite
The word "stimulate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I won't stoop to reading other people's mail.
The word "stoop" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The eagle stooped on the mice in the field.
The word "stoop" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The rocks stooped down over the hiking path.
The word "stoop" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane.
The word "stoop" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
The word "stream" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She was streaming with sweat
The word "stream" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Tears streamed down her face
The word "stream" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child stuffed candy into his pockets
The word "stuff" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: My nose is all stuffed
The word "stuff" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She stuffed herself at the dinner
The word "stuff" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: stuff a pillow with feathers
The word "stuff" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
The word "stuff" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The drunk man stumbled about
The word "stumble" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She stumbled over the tree root
The word "stumble" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
The word "stumble" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: suck the poison from the place where the snake bit
The word "suck" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Mud was sucking at her feet
The word "suck" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad
The word "suck" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The wetnurse suckled the infant
The word "suck" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He supplicated the King for clemency
The word "supplicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: supplicate for permission
The word "supplicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: supplicate God's blessing
The word "supplicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them.
The word "suspend" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The fluid suspends the particles.
The word "suspend" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They suspended payments on the loan.
The word "suspend" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The prison sentence was suspended.
The word "suspend" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
The word "sustain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We sustained ourselves on bread and water
The word "sustain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She alone sustained her family
The word "sustain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The court sustained the motion
The word "sustain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She swallowed the last words of her speech
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He swallowed his words
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Am I supposed to swallow that story?
The word "swallow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The music swelled to a crescendo
The word "swell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
The word "swell" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The bellies of the starving children are swelling
The word "swell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The water swells the wood
The word "swell" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore
The word "swim" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne
The word "swim" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
The word "swim" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: this snake swims through the soil where it lives
The word "swim" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Let's synchronize our efforts
The word "synchronize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: synchronize this film
The word "synchronize" is used here in a literal sense.