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English Dictionary: figure	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fakeer n a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man Synonym(s): fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faker n a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fakery n the act of faking (or the product of faking)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fakir n a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man Synonym(s): fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faqir n a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man Synonym(s): fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faquir n a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man Synonym(s): fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figure n a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" Synonym(s): figure, fig 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" Synonym(s): human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" Synonym(s): digit, figure a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" 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" Synonym(s): name, figure, public figure a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested" the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" 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" Synonym(s): number, figure language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense Synonym(s): trope, figure of speech, figure, image a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground Antonym(s): ground a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" Synonym(s): design, pattern, figure a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" v judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] 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?" Synonym(s): figure, enter 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" Synonym(s): visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image make a mathematical calculation or computation Synonym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure understand; "He didn't figure her"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fischer n German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945) Synonym(s): Fischer, Hans Fischer German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919) Synonym(s): Fischer, Emil Hermann Fischer United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) Synonym(s): Fischer, Bobby Fischer, Robert James Fischer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisher n someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: fisherman, fisher] large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal Synonym(s): fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fishery n a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold Synonym(s): fishery, piscary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fissure n a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] a long narrow opening Synonym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes v break into fissures or fine cracks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixer n someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) Synonym(s): fixer, influence peddler a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) Synonym(s): fixing agent, fixer a skilled worker who mends or repairs things Synonym(s): mender, repairer, fixer synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit- forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction Synonym(s): methadone, methadone hydrochloride, methadon, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, synthetic heroin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fouquieria n resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year Synonym(s): Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fucker n someone who engages in sexual intercourse a stupid despised man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fuqra n an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics Synonym(s): Jamaat ul-Fuqra, Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[c6]r poor.]       An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also       {faquir} anf {fakeer}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faker \Fak"er\, n. [Often erroneously with fakir.]       One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty       things, a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Prob. confused with {Fakir} an oriental       ascetic.]       See {Faker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[c6]r poor.]       An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also       {faquir} anf {fakeer}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[c6]r poor.]       An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also       {faquir} anf {fakeer}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faquir \Fa*quir"\, n.       See {Fakir}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[c6]r poor.]       An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also       {faquir} anf {fakeer}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faquir \Fa*quir"\, n.       See {Fakir}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faser \Fa"ser\, n.       1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced             person. [Obs.]                         There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor                      fasers.                                             --Latimer.          2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or             stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.]                         I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I                      had hollowed when I got a facer.         --C. Kingsley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figary \Fig"a*ry\, n. [Corrupted fr. vagary.]       A frolic; a vagary; a whim. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figure \Fig"ure\ (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to       fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.]       1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.                         Flowers have all exquisite figures.   --Bacon.          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.                         A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.          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.          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 surface; any arrangement made up of points,             lines, angles, surfaces, etc.          5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer             of a person; as, a sorry figure.                         I made some figure there.                  --Dryden.                         Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.                                                                               --Blackstone.          6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous             representation; splendor; show.                         That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.          7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a             digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.          8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are             estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]                         With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest                      figure.                                             --Thackeray.          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.                         Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.                                                                               14.          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.                         To represent the imagination under the figure of a                      wing.                                                --Macaulay.          11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the             relative position of the middle term.          12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or             movements made by a dancer.          13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the             astrological houses. --Johnson.          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 or motive; a florid                   embellishment.          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:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t.       1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as,             the envoy figured at court.                         Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring                      away brilliantly.                              --M. Arnold.          2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring             to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.                         If love, alas! be pain I bear,                         No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.          2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.                         The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with                      burning meteors.                                 --Shak.          3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.                         As through a crystal glass the figured hours are                      seen.                                                --Dryden.          4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.                         Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.          5. To prefigure; to foreshow.                         In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.          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.          {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of.                      {To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fisher \Fish"er\, n. [AS. fiscere.]       1. One who fishes.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family             ({Mustela Canadensis}); the pekan; the [bd]black cat.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fishery \Fish"er*y\, n.; pl. {Fisheries}.       1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.             --Addison.          2. A place for catching fish.          3. (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in             particular waters. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to       cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.]       A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a       cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.          {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which             the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows             first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the             cerebrum.          {Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching             together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight.          {Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the             frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.          {Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure             separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust.             under {Brain}.          {Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface             filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, v. t.       To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixure \Fix"ure\ (-[usl]r), n. [L. fixura a fastening, fr.       figere to fix. See {Fix}, and cf. {Fixture}.]       Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fog'ger \Fog'ger\, n.       One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]                   A beggarly fogger.                                 --Terence in                                                                               English(1614)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foggy \Fog"gy\, a. [Compar. {Foggier}; superl. {Foggiest}.]       [From 4th {Fog}.]       1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations;             misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fossores \[d8]Fos*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fossor[?]       digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps.       They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs,       with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young       when hatched. [Written also {Fossoria}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foxery \Fox"e*ry\, n.       Behavior like that of a fox; cunning. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fussy \Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. {Fussier}; superl {Fussiest}.]       Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about       trifles; overnice; fidgety.                   Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G.                                                                               White.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fussure \Fus"sure\, n. [L. fusura, fr. fundere, fusum. See       {Fuse}, v. t.]       Act of fusing; fusion. [R.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fischer, TX       Zip code(s): 78623
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fisher, AR (town, FIPS 23800)       Location: 35.49147 N, 90.97218 W       Population (1990): 245 (118 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72429    Fisher, IL (village, FIPS 26194)       Location: 40.31578 N, 88.34855 W       Population (1990): 1526 (622 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61843    Fisher, LA (village, FIPS 25615)       Location: 31.49441 N, 93.46026 W       Population (1990): 277 (106 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71426    Fisher, MN (city, FIPS 21158)       Location: 47.79928 N, 96.79962 W       Population (1990): 413 (172 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56723    Fisher, PA       Zip code(s): 16225    Fisher, WV       Zip code(s): 26818
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fisher       Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied       by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19;       Mark 1:17).