Assertion: whistle | /r/HasProperty | metaphor
Facets:
value: for the mouth
type: PURPOSE
value: since the 14th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: similarly
type: DEGREE
value: as an instrument
type: MANNER
value: for throat
type: PURPOSE
value: purely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Here, whistle is a metaphor for the mouth itself and thus wet is the appropriate word.
text: All 'whistles' from this point on will be purely metaphorical.
text: Since the 14th century, whistle has been a metaphor for the mouth or throat, especially as an instrument for speaking and singing, which means whistle logically calls for wet—similarly, the mouthpiece of a musical instrument sometimes needs to be wetted—and not a verb meaning "to sharpen.