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Fig.
/fɪɡ/
Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
📖 Definitions of "Fig."
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Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
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Metaphorically so called.
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With many figures of speech.
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Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
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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.
"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.
"He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain."
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