·adj Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
II. Figurative ·adj Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
III. Figurative ·adj Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, ·etc. ·see Figure, ·noun, 2.
IV. Figurative ·adj Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal;
— applied to words and expressions.