figurative russian

• лес

  woods, forest

  timber, lumber (singular only)

  scaffolding, (plural only)

  much, many (figurative)

• во́здух

  air (usually uncountable)

  (figuratively) atmosphere

  (religion) veil

• ору́дие

  tool or device for performing some work

  (figuratively) pawn, puppet (a person acting under another's control)

  (military) gun, cannon, artillery piece

• замере́ть

  to freeze, stand motionless

  (figurative) to come to a standstill

  to die down (of a sound)

  to remain unspoken

• грань

  facet, side

  border, verge, brink (figuratively)

• подста́вить

  put, place, move up, put near, substitute, hold up, offer

  to frame, set up

  (figurative, colloquial) to expose, to leave vulnerable

• перегоро́дка

  partition

  (figuratively) that which separates one thing from another

• бесси́лие

  lack of physical strength or extreme weakness

  (figurative) inability to do something

• подставля́ть

  to put/to place, move up, put near, substitute, hold up, offer

  to frame

  (figurative, colloquial) to expose, to leave vulnerable

• стопа́

  sole (of the foot), (figurative) footstep

  stack, pile

• засо́хнуть

  become hard from drying out

  (colloquial and figuratively) lose freshness beauty etc

• бре́дить

  be delirious, rave, be mad, be infatuated

  (figurative) to talk nonsense

• су́дорожный

  caused by convulsion/cramp

  (figurative) too restless (about a person)

  (figurative) involuntary and abrupt (about movement)

  frantic

• образно́й

  Figurative

• о́бразно

  figuratively, graphically

• прошелесте́ть

  to rustle

  (figurative) to whisper

• отлежа́ться

  to lie (in a horizontal position) for some time

  to convalesce, recover one's strength by lying down

  (figurative) to ripen (after lying for some time)

• подкоси́ть

  to weaken, to knock down figuratively

  to knock someone off their feet

  cut

• отлёживаться

  to lie (in a horizontal position) for some time

  to convalesce

  (figurative) to ripen (after lying for some time)

• наполео́новский

  Napoleonic

  (figuratively) grand, ambitious

• фигуральный

  figurative, metaphorical, tropical

• метафори́ческий

  metaphorical, figurative

• о́бразный

  figurative, picturesque, image-bearing, graphic

• засыха́ть

  to become hard from drying out

  (colloquial and figuratively) lose freshness beauty etc

• перено́сный

  figurative

• метафори́чность

  metaphoricity, metaphorical quality, figurativeness

• сви́нтус

  slob, pig (figuratively), messy person

• жёванный

  chewed, masticated, crumpled (informal, figuratively)

• запродававший

  having sold out, having sold in advance

  having betrayed, having sold out (figuratively)

• заро́ненный

  instilled, implanted, sown, dropped (figurative)

• заскору́знувший

  hardened, stiff, chapped, rough, coarse, encrusted

  hardened (figurative), insensitive, set in one's ways, ossified

• кольну́вший

  that pricked, that stung, having pricked, having stung

  that caused a sharp, sudden pain, that gave a pang, that pricked (figuratively)

• ма́сленный

  oily, buttery, oil-based, made with oil

  oil (as in oil painting)

  languid, lustful, greasy (figurative), oleaginous (figurative)

• наплёванный

  spat upon

  disregarded, neglected, spat on (figurative)

• обмусливаемый

  being slobbered on, being mouthed, being gnawed, being chewed over (figuratively), being discussed repeatedly

• ожига́ться

  to burn oneself, to scald oneself

  to get burnt (figurative), to suffer a setback

• оступи́вшийся

  stumbled (figuratively), erred, having gone astray, having made a mistake

• подъедаемый

  being eaten away, being nibbled at, being gnawed at

  being undermined, being eroded, being eaten away (figuratively)

• прикра́шивавший

  embellishing, adorning, decorating

  sugarcoating, glossing over, embellishing (figuratively)

• прикрашиваемый

  embellished, adorned, beautified, being embellished, being adorned, being beautified

  sugarcoated, embellished (figuratively), beautified (figuratively), being sugarcoated

• проби́вший

  having pierced, having punched, having broken through, having shot through

  having made one's way, having pushed through, having broken through (figuratively)

• прогни́вший

  rotten, decayed, putrid

  corrupt, rotten (figurative), depraved, degenerate

• разъеда́ющий

  corrosive, caustic, eroding

  gnawing, debilitating, eroding (figurative), consuming

• распаля́вший

  inflaming, inciting, kindling (figurative), stirring up

• расша́тываемый

  being loosened, being shaken loose, wobbly, rickety

  being destabilized, being undermined, being shaken (figurative)

• сжира́ющий

  devouring, gobbling up, eating up

  consuming, using up, exhausting

  corroding, eating away

  consuming, overwhelming, destructive, devouring (figurative)

• соба́чащийся

  quarreling, bickering, contentious, dog-fighting (figurative)

• тле́ющий

  smoldering, glowing, dying down

  smoldering (figurative), dormant, lingering, decaying

• укореня́ющийся

  taking root, rooting

  becoming established, taking hold, becoming ingrained, taking root (figuratively)

Examples

• Метафорический смысл уже не в хо́ду.The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
• Мне нра́вится ложбан, потому что я мы́слю, образно выражаясь, в его мане́ре.I like Lojban because I think in a figuratively Lojbanic manner.
• В перено́сном смы́сле э́то уже не употребля́ется.The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.