Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  shiva, shivah, shibah(noun) (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. the family is sitting shiva. 2  Siva, Shiva(noun) the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon.
Figurative language is the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner. Often figurative language involves the use of a metaphor, a simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom, a euphemism, and pun.However, as the term figurative language also covers unusual or imaginative word constructions (and not just word meanings), it also includes alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia.hen most people think of figurative language, similes and metaphors spring to mind. However, the term figurative language covers a wide range of literary techniques. Here are some examples of figurative language in each of the categories: A metaphor asserts that one thing is something that it literally is not.
Definition: The most obvious or non-figurative sense of a word or words; language that is not perceived as metaphorical or ironic. Contrast with figurative language. Noun: literalness. See Examples and Observations, below. Also see: 1  Commonly Confused Words: Literally and Figuratively. 2  Figurative Meaning.