1 Ä¢irts AnkipÄns (born 1975), a Latvian ice hockey player. 2  Ä¢irts Dzelde (born 1963), a Latvian professional tennis player.  Ä¢irts Karlsons (born 1981), a Latvian football striker.
Figuratively means metaphorically, and literally describes something that actually happened. If you say that a guitar solo literally blew your head off, your head should not be attached to your body. But they're also going to create literally a tidal wave of data.
Definition of metaphor. 1 : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language â compare simile. 2 : an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : symbol 2.