Make+a+figure
41Figure-of-eight loop — Knot details name=Figure of eight loop names= Flemish loop type= loop strength= origin= related= figure of eight knot, flemish bend releasing= uses= sailing, climbing, camping, caving caveat= abok number= #1047A figure of eight loop (also Flemish …
42figure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin figura, from fingere Date: 13th century 1. a. a number symbol ; numeral, digit b. plural arithmetical calculations < good at figures > …
43Figure skating club — A figure skating club is a local organization of figure skaters, often centered around a single ice rink. Typical club activities include arranging practice ice time, hosting test sessions and competitions, and producing an annual ice show in… …
44figure — {{11}}figure (n.) early 13c., visible form or appearance of a person, from O.Fr. figure (10c.) shape, body, form, figure; symbol, allegory, from L. figura a shape, form, figure, from PIE *dheigh to form, build (see DOUGH (Cf. dough)); originally… …
45figure — 1. noun 1) the production figure Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn: digit …
46Figure of the Earth — An oblate spheroid Geodesy …
47figure of speech — noun language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑trope, ↑figure, ↑image • Derivationally related forms: ↑tropical (for: ↑trope) …
48figure something out — (informal) he tried to figure out how to switch on the lamp: WORK OUT, fathom, puzzle out, decipher, ascertain, make sense of, think through, get to the bottom of; understand, c …
49Figure of speech — A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetoric, or locution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However,… …
50make out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. [V P n (not pron)] I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth... [V n P] She thought she heard a name. She couldn t… …
