[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

figure \fig"ure\ fi^g"-ur; 135, n. f., figure, l. figura;
   akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. see feign.
   1. the form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
      1913 webster

            flowers have all exquisite figures.   --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            a coin that bears the figure of an angel. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
      a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
      pretty figure.
      1913 webster

   4. geom. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. the appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
      of a person; as, a sorry figure.
      1913 webster

            i made some figure there.             --dryden.
      1913 webster

            gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
                                                  --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   6. distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
      representation; splendor; show.
      1913 webster

            that he may live in figure and indulgence. --law.
      1913 webster

   7. a character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
      digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
      1913 webster

   8. value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
      estimated or sold at a low figure. colloq.
      1913 webster

            with nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
            figure.                               --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   9. a person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
      another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
      a type or representative.
      1913 webster

            who is the figure of him that was to come. --rom. v.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

   10. rhet. 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.
       1913 webster

             to represent the imagination under the figure of a
             wing.                                --macaulay.
       1913 webster

   11. logic the form of a syllogism with respect to the
       relative position of the middle term.
       1913 webster

   12. dancing any one of the several regular steps or
       movements made by a dancer.
       1913 webster

   13. astrol. a horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
       astrological houses. --johnson.
       1913 webster

   14. music
       a any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
           a group of chords, which produce a single complete
           and distinct impression. --grove.
       b a form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
           strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
           florid embellishment.
           1913 webster

   note: figures are often written upon the staff in music to
         denote the kind of measure. they are usually in the
         form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
         notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
         in one measure or bar. thus, 2/4 signifies that the
         measure contains two quarter notes. the following are
         the principal figures used for this purpose: --
         2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
         1913 webster

   academy figure, canceled figures, lay figure, etc. see
      under academy, cancel, lay, etc.

   figure caster, or figure flinger, an astrologer. "this
      figure caster." --milton.

   figure flinging, the practice of astrology.

   figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. see
      illust. under knot.

   figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act
      or art of depicting the human figure.

   figure stone min., agalmatolite.

   figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured
      fabrics.

   to cut a figure, to make a display. colloq. --sir w.
      scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
feign figure of speech academy figure canceled figures lay figure academy 
cancel lay figure caster figure flinger figure flinging 
figure-of-eight knot knot figure painting figure stone figure weaving 
to cut a figure 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

figure \fig"ure\, v. t. imp.  p. p. figured; p. pr.  vb. n.
   figuring. f. figurer, l. figurare, fr. figura. see
   figure, n.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            if love, alas be pain i bear,
      1913 webster

            no thought can figure, and no tongue declare.prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
      1913 webster

            the vaulty top of heaven
            figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
      1913 webster

            as through a crystal glass the figured hours are
            seen.                                 --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
      1913 webster

            whose white vestments figure innocence. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to prefigure; to foreshow.
      1913 webster

            in this the heaven figures some event. --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. mus.
      a to write over or under the bass, as figures or other
          characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
          chords.
      b to embellish.
          1913 webster

   to figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
      

   to figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.
      1913 webster
see also:
figured figuring figure to figure out to figure up 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

figure \fig"ure\, v. i.
   1. to make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as,
      the envoy figured at court.
      1913 webster

            sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring
            away brilliantly.                     --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   2. to calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring
      to secure the nomination. colloq.
      1913 webster

   go figure a phrase used by itself as an interjection to
      mean "how can one explain that?", or to express puzzlement
      over some seeming contradiction. colloq.
      pjc
see also:
go figure 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

figure
     n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the
          area covered can be seen from figure 2" syn: fig
     2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "leonardo
        studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
        spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" syn: human body,
         physical body, material body, soma, build, physique,
         anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
     3: one of the elements that collectively form a system of
        numbers; "0 and 1 are digits" syn: digit
     4: a model of a bodily form especially of a person; "he made
        a figure of santa claus"
     5: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great
        names in the history of france"; "she is an important
        figure in modern music" syn: name, public figure
     6: a combination of points and lines and planes that form a
        visible palpable shape
     7: an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17
        was suggested"
     8: the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure";
        "a heroic figure"
     9: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite
        quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of
        chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the
        figure was about a thousand" syn: number
     10: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense syn: trope,
          figure of speech, image
     11: a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the
         object of attention and that stands out against a ground
         ant: ground
     12: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on
         the doors" syn: design, pattern
     13: a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she
         made the best score on compulsory figures"
     v 1: judge to be probable syn: calculate, estimate, reckon,
           count on, forecast
     2: be or play a part of or in; "elections figure prominently in
        every government program"; "how do the elections figure in
        the current pattern of internal politics?" syn: enter
     3: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "i can't see him on
        horseback"; "i can see what will happen"; "i can see a
        risk in this strategy" syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
         project, fancy, see, picture, image
     4: make a mathematical calculation or computation syn: calculate,
         cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon
     5: understand; "he didn't figure her"
see also:
fig human body physical body material body soma build 
physique anatomy shape bod chassis 
frame form flesh digit name 
public figure number trope figure of speech image 
ground design pattern calculate estimate 
reckon count on forecast enter visualize 
visualise envision project fancy see 
picture cipher cypher compute work out 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

715 moby thesaurus words for "figure":
   aristotelian sorites, establishment, goclenian sorites,
   platonic body, platonic form, platonic idea, vip, accept, acclaim,
   acknowledge, act, acute-angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate,
   advert to, aesthetic form, algebraize, allude to, amount,
   anacrusis, anatomy, angle, apparition, appear, appearance,
   appraise, appreciate, archetype, aroma, arrange, art form,
   asiaticism, aspect, assess, assume, attribute, background,
   background detail, badge, baron, bass passage, be conspicuous,
   be demonstrable, be featured, be irrefutable, be logical,
   be reasonable, be somebody, be something, be taken as, bead,
   beauties, bejewel, believe, beribbon, bespangle, big gun, big man,
   big name, bigwig, binary digit, bit, blazon, block out, blueprint,
   bod, body, body forth, body-build, bones, bourdon, brand, brass,
   brass hat, bravura, bridge, brilliancy, brouillon, build, burden,
   bust, cachet, cadence, calculate, call, carcass, cartoon, carve,
   carving, cast, catch on to, categorical syllogism, celebrity,
   character, characteristic, charge, chart, chassis, chisel, chorus,
   cipher, class, clay, clod, coda, colors, colors of rhetoric,
   compute, concede, concert, conclude, configuration, conformation,
   consider, constellation, contour, contrive, copy, corpus, cost,
   count, count on, create, cube, cuboid, cusp, cut, cut a dash,
   cut a figure, cut out, cynosure, damage, daring, dash, decagon,
   decipher, decoration, decorative composition, decorative style,
   delineation, demonstrate, demonstration, denominate, denote,
   design, designate, detail, determine, development, device, devise,
   diagram, diamond, differentia, differential, dig, digit, dignitary,
   dignity, dilemma, display, distinctive feature, divide, division,
   dodecagon, dodecahedron, doll, dolly, dope out, draft, dramatics,
   drawing, dummy, earmark, ebauche, eclat, effect, effigy, efform,
   eidolon, elder, elegant variation, elevation, embellishment,
   emblem, emblematize, embody, embroidery, engrave, enthymeme,
   enumerate, equilateral triangle, esquisse, estimate, etalage,
   euphuism, evaluate, exemplify, exhibition, exhibitionism,
   expenditure, expense, exposition, extract roots, facet,
   false front, false image, fame, famousness, fanfaronade, fantasy,
   fantoccini, fashion, father, fathom, feather, feature, features,
   figuration, figurative language, figurativeness, figure in,
   figure of speech, figure on, figure out, figure up, figure-ground,
   figurehead, figurine, filigree, fine writing, finger, fix, flag,
   flair, flaunt, flaunting, flavor, flesh, floridity, floridness,
   flounce, flourish, flower, floweriness, flowers of speech,
   flowery style, foil, folderol, folk hero, foot, force, forecast,
   foreground detail, foreshadow, forge, form, form an estimate,
   formalize, format, formation, found, foursquare, frame, framework,
   frill, galaxy, garland, gauge, gem, genre, gestalt, get,
   gingerbread man, give an appreciation, gleam, glitter, glory, glow,
   gnomon, graph, grasp, great man, ground plan, guess, guise, gust,
   hallmark, harmonic close, heptagon, hero, heroine, hew, hexagon,
   hexahedron, histrionics, hold good, hold water, house plan, hulk,
   human being, hypercube, ichnography, icon, icosahedron, idiocrasy,
   idiosyncrasy, idol, idolum, illuminate, illustrate, illustration,
   image, imagery, imagine, imago, immortal, impersonate,
   important person, impress, impression, incarnate, index,
   individual, individualism, inner form, integer, intend, interests,
   interlude, intermezzo, interpret, introductory phrase,
   isosceles triangle, jewel, judge, keynote, knead, knock out, kudos,
   lay figure, lay out, lay plans, layout, leader, leitmotiv,
   lick into shape, light, likeness, lineaments, lines, lion, live,
   look, lords of creation, luminaries, luminary, lushness,
   luxuriance, magnate, main features, make, make a figure,
   make a projection, make a splash, make allowance for,
   make an estimation, make arrangements, make sense, makeup,
   man of mark, man of straw, manifestation, manikin, mannequin,
   manner, manner of speaking, mannerism, marionette, mark, marking,
   master spirit, material body, matrix, measure, metaphorize,
   methodize, mint, mirage, mirror, modality, mode, model,
   modus tollens, mogul, mold, monument, mood, motif, motive, mould,
   movement, multiply, musical phrase, musical sentence, nabob, name,
   national style, nature, nonliterality, nonliteralness, notability,
   notable, notation, notoriety, notoriousness, number, numeral,
   numerate, numero, oblong, obtuse-angled triangle, octagon,
   octahedron, odor, organize, ornament, ornamental motif,
   ornamentation, outline, oxygon, pageant, pageantry, paint,
   panjandrum, parade, parallelepiped, parallelogram, paralogism,
   part, participate, particularity, passage, pattern, peculiarity,
   pentagon, pentahedron, perceive, period, period style, person,
   person of note, person of renown, personage, personality,
   personalize, personate, personify, phantasm, phantasma,
   phantasmagoria, phantom, phase, phasis, phasm, phenomenon, phrase,
   physical body, physique, pick out, picture, pillar of society,
   plan, plan ahead, plan on, plate, pleiad, plot, plume, point at,
   point out, point to, polygon, polyhedron, pop hero, popular hero,
   popular idol, popularity, portrait bust, power, power elite,
   prearrange, prefigure, presence, presume, pretypify, price,
   price tag, prism, prismoid, prize, profile, program, project,
   projection, property, prosyllogism, prototype, pseudosyllogism,
   public figure, publicity, puppet, purple passage, purple patches,
   put faith in, pyramid, quadrangle, quadrant, quadrature,
   quadrilateral, quality, quirk, rank, rate, rationalize, realize,
   reckon, reclame, recognition, rectangle, refer to, reference,
   reflect, refrain, regard, relief, renown, repeated figure, report,
   representation, reputation, repute, resolution, resolve, respect,
   response, rhombohedron, rhomboid, rhombus, ribbon, ritornello,
   rough, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, rule, rule of deduction,
   ruling circle, sachem, savor, scarecrow, schedule, schematize,
   score, sculpt, sculpture, seal, section, see, seeming, select,
   semblance, set, set up, settle, shade, shadow, shadow forth, sham,
   shape, shapes, shine, show, showing-off, side, sign,
   significant form, silhouette, similize, simulacrum, singularity,
   skeleton, sketch, slant, smack, snowman, social lion, solve, soma,
   somebody, something, sorites, spangle, specialty, specify,
   spectacle, specter, splash, splurge, square, staginess, stamp,
   stand for, stand to reason, stanza, star, statement, statuary,
   statue, statuette, stigmatize, strain, structure, style, subject,
   subtract, sum, summate, superstar, suppose, syllogism, symbol,
   symbolize, systematize, tab, table, tailor, tailpiece, taint, take,
   take account of, take into account, take into consideration, tally,
   tang, taste, tetragon, tetragram, tetrahedron,
   the bubble reputation, the great, the top, theatrics, theme,
   thermoform, think, tinsel, token, top brass, top people, torso,
   tot, tot up, total, total effect, tote, touch, tournure, trait,
   translate, trapeze, trapezium, trapezoid, triangle, trick,
   trilateral, trope, trunk, trust in, turn, turn of expression,
   tutti, tutti passage, twig, twist, tycoon, type, typify,
   understand, valuate, value, variation, vaunt, verse,
   very important person, view, viewpoint, vision, vogue,
   waking dream, wax figure, waxwork, way of speaking, whole number,
   wildest dream, wise, wood carving, work, work out, work up,
   working drawing, worthy, wraith, wreathe

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