CreativeLang/moh_metaphor huggingface dataset:
Sentence: They clawed their way to the top of the mountain.
The word "claw" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She clawed the doorknob.
The word "claw" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The politician clawed his rival.
The word "claw" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The dentist cleaned my teeth
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: clean grain before milling it
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: clean up before you see your grandparents
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This stove cleans easily
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The other players cleaned him completely
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
The word "clean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
The word "climb" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
The word "climb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
The word "climb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
The word "climb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: prices climbed steeply
The word "climb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The word "clog" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: horses were clogged until they were tamed
The word "clog" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The market is being clogged by these operations
The word "clog" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Fear clogged her mind
The word "clog" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The stars are obscured by the clouds.
The word "cloud" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The smoke clouded above the houses.
The word "cloud" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Their faces were clouded with sadness.
The word "cloud" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The stroke clouded memories of her youth.
The word "cloud" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added.
The word "cloud" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
The word "co-opt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
The word "co-opt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
The word "co-opt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He co-opted the criticism and embraced it
The word "co-opt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child colored the drawings
The word "color" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The word "color" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: His political ideas color his lectures
The word "color" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: color the walls with paint in warm tones
The word "color" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She committed herself to the work of God
The word "commit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: After the second episode, she had to be committed
The word "commit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: commit a random act of kindness
The word "commit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Please communicate this message to all employees
The word "communicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
The word "communicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The rooms communicated
The word "communicate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He and his sons haven't communicated for years
The word "communicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: John compared his haircut to his friend's
The word "compare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes
The word "compare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans
The word "compare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Greed and ambition composed his personality
The word "compose" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Beethoven composed nine symphonies
The word "compose" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
The word "compose" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Our office is fully computerized now.
The word "computerize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Please use a computerized disctionary.
The word "computerize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They computerized the car industry
The word "computerize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We condemn the racism in South Africa
The word "condemn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The building was condemned by the inspector
The word "condemn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence
The word "condemn" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Her strange behavior condemned her
The word "condemn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was condemned to ten years in prison
The word "condemn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the county condemned the land to build a highway
The word "condemn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: condense the contents of a book into a summary
The word "condense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cold air condensed the steam
The word "condense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Her feelings condensed
The word "condense" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: All our planets condensed out of the same material
The word "condense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
The word "condense" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You cannot conduct business like this
The word "conduct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
The word "conduct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor
The word "conduct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: his story confirmed my doubts
The word "confirm" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
The word "confirm" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
The word "confirm" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
The word "confirm" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You must confront your opponent
The word "confront" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You must confront your problems
The word "confront" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We confronted him with the evidence
The word "confront" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume
The word "confront" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These questions confuse even the experts.
The word "confuse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The constant attention of the young man confused her.
The word "confuse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Her remarks confused the debate.
The word "confuse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: consider the possibility of moving
The word "consider" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You must consider her age
The word "consider" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They considered the possibility of a strike
The word "consider" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Please consider your family
The word "consider" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The companies consolidated
The word "consolidate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: consolidate one's gains
The word "consolidate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The town and county schools are being consolidated
The word "consolidate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The mud had consolidated overnight
The word "consolidate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: consolidate fibers into boards
The word "consolidate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century
The word "constitutionalize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize
The word "constitutionalize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's
The word "constitutionalize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: construct an equilateral triangle
The word "construct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The fire consumed the building
The word "consume" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: this car consumes a lot of gas
The word "consume" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
The word "consume" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We continued to work into the night
The word "continue" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bad weather continued for two more weeks
The word "continue" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We cannot continue several servants any longer
The word "continue" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We continued our research into the cause of the illness
The word "continue" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
The word "continue" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The crowd converged on the movie star.
The word "converge" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power.
The word "converge" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The comedian convulsed the crowd
The word "convulse" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: earthquakes convulsed the countryside
The word "convulse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The spasm convulses her facial muscles
The word "convulse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The muscles in her face convulsed
The word "convulse" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: My husband doesn't cook
The word "cook" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
The word "cook" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
The word "cook" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
The word "correct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the stock market corrected
The word "correct" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
The word "correct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Can you count the books on your shelf?
The word "count" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The toddler could count to 100
The word "count" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
The word "count" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I can count my colleagues in the opposition
The word "count" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: each answer counts as three points
The word "count" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: you can count on me to help you any time
The word "count" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
The word "crawl" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: My skin crawled--I was terrified
The word "crawl" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The old cheese was crawling with maggots
The word "crawl" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl
The word "crawl" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We credited her for saving our jobs
The word "credit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was not properly credited in the program
The word "credit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We credit your account with $100
The word "credit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey
The word "crown" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The speech crowned the meeting
The word "crown" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: A weather vane crowns the building
The word "crown" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: crush an aluminum can
The word "crush" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The car crushed the toy
The word "crush" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
The word "crush" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
The word "crush" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
The word "culminate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Seurat culminated pointillism.
The word "culminate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The helmet culminated in a crest.
The word "culminate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling.
The word "curl" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She curled farther down under the covers.
The word "curl" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Curl my hair, please.
The word "curl" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The young girl danced into the room.
The word "dance" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio.
The word "dance" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The children danced with joy.
The word "dance" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She dashed into the yard
The word "dash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He dashed the plate against the wall
The word "dash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: dashed ambitions and hopes
The word "dash" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: dashed by the refusal
The word "dash" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: blue paint dashed with white
The word "dash" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The package is dated November 24
The word "date" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings
The word "date" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated
The word "date" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
The word "dawn" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The age of computers had dawned
The word "dawn" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: It started to dawn, and we had to get up
The word "dawn" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The band debuts a new song or two each month
The word "debut" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out
The word "debut" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera
The word "debut" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
The word "decide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The case was decided
The word "decide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This new development finally decided me!
The word "decide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election
The word "decide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The President declared war
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He declared that he was innocent
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was declared incompetent
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Do you have anything to declare?
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
The word "declare" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: he declined to join the group on a hike
The word "decline" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The roof declines here
The word "decline" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
The word "decline" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: deflate the air mattress
The word "deflate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence
The word "deflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The new measures deflated the economy
The word "deflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: deflate the currency
The word "deflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The balloons deflated
The word "deflate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
The word "deform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake
The word "deform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His body was deformed by leprosy
The word "deform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You should carry dehydrated food on your camping trip.
The word "dehydrate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me.
The word "dehydrate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly.
The word "dehydrate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The victim's family is demanding compensation
The word "demand" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bank demanded payment of the loan
The word "demand" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I demand an explanation
The word "demand" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Her smile denoted that she agreed
The word "denote" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: `multi-' denotes `many'
The word "denote" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She denoted her feelings clearly
The word "denote" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These news depressed her
The word "depress" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The glut of oil depressed gas prices
The word "depress" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
The word "depress" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The rising inflation depressed the economy
The word "depress" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The mother deserted her children
The word "desert" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot
The word "desert" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
The word "desert" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This room is not designed for work.
The word "design" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Chanel designed the famous suit.
The word "design" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: It is difficult to design a better mousetrap.
The word "design" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Dupont designs for the house of Chanel.
The word "design" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day.
The word "design" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She designed to go far in the world of business.
The word "design" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Fire had devoured our home
The word "devour" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She devoured his novels
The word "devour" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: he devoured three sandwiches
The word "devour" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I cannot digest milk products
The word "digest" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I cannot digest all this information
The word "digest" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Protein digests in a few hours
The word "digest" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the government digested the entire law into a code
The word "digest" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The painting discolored.
The word "discolor" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The detergent discolored my shirts.
The word "discolor" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The shirts discolored.
The word "discolor" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She dismissed his advances
The word "dismiss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This case is dismissed!
The word "dismiss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I was dismissed after I gave my report
The word "dismiss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The acid distills at a specific temperature
The word "distil" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: distill the essence of this compound
The word "distil" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound
The word "distil" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: distill the essence of this compound
The word "distill" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The acid distills at a specific temperature
The word "distill" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound
The word "distill" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: divide the cake into three equal parts
The word "divide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Can you divide 49 by seven?
The word "divide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The mountain range divides the two countries
The word "divide" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The population doubled within 50 years
The word "double" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He doubled and vomited violently
The word "double" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She doubles as his wife and secretary
The word "double" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He downed three martinis before dinner.
The word "down" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.
The word "down" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect.
The word "down" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis.
The word "downsize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive.
The word "downsize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The company downsized its research staff.
The word "downsize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The rain water drains into this big vat.
The word "drain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The exercise class drains me of energy.
The word "drain" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: We drained the oil tank.
The word "drain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Life in the camp drained him.
The word "drain" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: snow drifting several feet high
The word "drift" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: stock prices are drifting higher
The word "drift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
The word "drift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
The word "drift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: drift the boats downstream
The word "drift" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: drift the cattle herds westwards
The word "drift" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The stock market drifted upward
The word "drift" is used here in a metaphorical sense.