[o-ba-(P); o-ba (P)] (adj-na, n, vs) (1) (abbr) overcoat; (2) over; exceeding; going beyond; exaggeration; (3) ball hit over the head of an outfielder (baseball); (P) #5,317[Add to Longdo]
[おまけ, omake] (n, vs) (1) freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; bonus; an extra; (2) (on the spot) price reduction; (3) exaggeration; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[おひれ, ohire] (n) (1) tail and fins; (2) embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F.
exag['e]ration.]
1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of
sand." --Sir M. Hale.
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2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing
in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth
reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation;
hyperbole; overstatement.
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No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I.
Taylor.
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3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life,
in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exaggeration
n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: {hyperbole}, {exaggeration}]
2: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the
dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn:
{exaggeration}, {overstatement}, {magnification}] [ant:
{understatement}]
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