Likens
Proper noun
Meaning
Likens (plural Likenses)
A surname from Dutch.
Anagrams
Examples
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.
Battersby likens the process to baking cookies: As soon as you bake them, they're totally different than the dough itself.
Also, while Westerners may misinterpret guanxi as a form of bribery, the Chinese recognize guanxi as a subset of renqing, which likens the maintenance of interpersonal relationships to a moral obligation.
Dean places Bizet's realism in a different category from the verismo of Puccini and others; he likens the composer to Mozart and Verdi in his ability to engage his audiences with the emotions and sufferings of his characters.
In terms of the genre's conventions, Weir likens this film to 'a light meal.'
Coach Mike Tomlin likens each season as a “moving train,” one that picks up momentum as it goes along.