Crossword clues for figuring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured; p. pr. & vb. n. Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See Figure, n.]
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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.
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To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors.
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To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen.
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To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
Whose white vestments figure innocence.
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To prefigure; to foreshow.
In this the heaven figures some event.
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(Mus.)
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. (rfdef: English) vb. (present participle of figure English)
WordNet
n. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, reckoning]
Wikipedia
Figuring is the process of final polishing of an optical surface to remove imperfections or modify the surface curvature to achieve the shape required for a given application.
Usage examples of "figuring".
Lodovico worked harder in figuring out ways not to spend money than he would have had to work in earning it.
After a tentative sip or two, he drained a deep draft from the now-heated mixture of beer and herbs, wiped off his drooping mustache with a characteristic swipe of his hirsute hand, then set down the tankard and returned to his figures and figurings.