The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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.
A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
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 surfaces; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; as, a sorry figure.
Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.
A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
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. Also called a figure of speech.
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a florid embellishment.
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.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
To prefigure; to foreshow.
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.
An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Show; appearance; cast.
A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.
The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one’s image in a mirror.
To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.
To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
