Liken Definition

līkən
likened, likening, likens
verb
likened, likening, likens
To represent or describe as being like, or similar (to); compare.
Webster's New World

(followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
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Origin of Liken

  • From Middle English liken (“to compare; to be comparable, be equal; to form; to be appropriate"), equivalent to like +"Ž -en.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English liknen from like similar like2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Liken Sentence Examples

  • The public perception may look at foods labeled "free range" or "no growth hormones used" and liken them to organic foods.

  • Others liken it to the dental products available, but are not sure if it will be as effective as the dental version.

  • Yet another popular reference in poetry is to liken love to something exquisite in nature, like a butterfly, a deep red rose, or the fresh scent of lavender.

  • Some new drivers liken shifting a 5-speed to trying pat your head while rubbing your stomach.

  • Known as the most extreme form of heat rash, miliaria profunda is flesh colored and extremely itchy and painful, some liken the rash to the sensation of "wild fire."

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