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A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
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a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
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A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
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The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
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He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
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Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
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A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
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A numeral.
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A number, an amount.
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A shape.
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A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
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The muslin was of a pretty figure.
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Any complex dance moveW.
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A figure of speech.
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The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
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Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
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A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.