that which is physically seen.

something selected to show the nature or character of another; an example; an illustration.

an obvious mark or symbol.

the cessation of life; a dying; death.

(rhet.) the fact of two sentences or expressions being similar or comparable in almost all respects as in meaning, sense, purport, significance, etc.

(logic.) similarity in some respets between things which are basically different; an analogy.

(dial.) a clue got in one's dream, for a future event.