Definition:
- (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
- (n.) The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.
- (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
- (n.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
- (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.
- (n.) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
- (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
- (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.
- (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
- (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.
- (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
- (n.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
- (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
- (n.) To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
- (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (n.) To prefigure; to foreshow.
- (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- (n.) To embellish.
- (v. t.) To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
- (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.
Compare figure with other words:
figure vs. play
body vs. figure
figure vs. table
characteristic vs. figure
figure vs. fixure
figure vs. ligure
figure vs. figured
digram vs. figure
connect vs. figure
figure vs. personality
figure vs. personage
figure vs. silhouette
figure vs. illustration
figure vs. symbol
figure vs. presume
figure vs. suppose
figure vs. portray
figure vs. maxim
figure vs. stature
figure vs. moreen
figure vs. keraunograph
figure vs. refigure
figure vs. oblongum
figure vs. tournure
figure vs. understand
figure vs. picture
calculate vs. figure
colleague vs. figure
demonstration vs. figure
exhibit vs. figure
consider vs. figure
authority vs. figure
figure vs. sum
figure vs. ponder
figure vs. statue
figure vs. model
elephant vs. figure
figure vs. phrase
figure vs. statistic
figure vs. sector
fact vs. figure
chart vs. figure
figure vs. image
figural vs. figure
figure vs. lithophane
dirigent vs. figure
diamonded vs. figure
figure vs. oblatum
figure vs. pentahedron
figurate vs. figure
figure vs. zebrawood
figure vs. superpose
centrode vs. figure
figure vs. sunburst
figure vs. sulphide
figure vs. miniaturist
figure vs. trihedron
figure vs. orris
figure vs. planimeter
figure vs. polygram
figure vs. swash
figure vs. marmoset
arabesque vs. figure
diagram vs. figure
figure vs. word
figure vs. think
figure vs. holder
figure vs. quadrature
figure vs. quadrable
figure vs. nought
figure vs. topology
figure vs. footing
asterism vs. figure
figure vs. supporter
figure vs. waxwork
figure vs. sculpture
figure vs. orthogon
condor vs. figure
figure vs. outline
construct vs. figure
bosh vs. figure
figure vs. generate
diaphane vs. figure
figure vs. semblance
figure vs. fore
centrepiece vs. figure