Definitions
1.nounSomething recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
2.nounA figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
3.nounMathematical senses.
4.nounMusical senses.
5.nounPhilosophical senses.
6.verbTo use, or embellish something with, a trope.
7.verbSenses relating chiefly to art or literature.
8.verbTo think or write in terms of tropes.