Definition of Likened

Likened

of Liken

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I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.
Neil Young

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!
James Monroe

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
Mao Tse-Tung

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
Nikola Tesla

I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.
Rose Tremain

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
David Trimble

Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.
John McDonald

This case reminds me of one in which I likened the Plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes.
George Jessel

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Likened Translations

likened in German is verglichen, verglich
likened in Swedish is lika

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