Figurative language are words used but not in their actual dictionary meaning, they are used in a very high imaginative ways.
It can be your hopes or dreams of becoming a better person. An examples is : " Henry has a dream of becoming a Firefighter.". In this case Henry, wants to become a Firefighter and that's his wish.
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Figurative means metaphorical, not literal. If we say that we are starving, when we're very hungry but not actually malnourished, that is a figurative meaning of the verb starve, whose literal meaning is to die from hunger.
To find the denotative meaning of a word, look up the word in a dictionary. The denotative meaning is the literal definition or primary meaning of the word, as opposed to connotations or figurative meanings. It is usually the first definition listed in a dictionary entry.
Figurative
Literal language does not have a figurative meaning but instead sticks to the original definition of the word. It is not metaphorical or ironic in any sense of use.
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To dig, as in to understand or appreciate something, is not figurative language. Some sources hypothesize that it derives from an African dialectical word, degg, meaning to understand. Others credit Irish Gaelic and the word dtuig, which has the same definition.
symbolic
n. figurative speech
This type of figurative language is symbolism.
An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Idioms are commonly used in everyday language and may not make literal sense when taken word for word.