figure

figure has 42 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• 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.