cut+a+figure
81cut a fine figure — British, American & Australian, old fashioned, British, old fashioned if someone cuts a fine figure, people admire their appearance, usually because they are wearing attractive clothes. Giles cut a fine figure in his black velvet suit. Lucy cut a …
82cut — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Parthian shot, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Spartan, Vandyke, abandon, abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviated, abrade, abrasion, abridge, abridged, abscind, abscondence, absence, absence without …
83figure — n. & v. n. 1 a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well developed figure). 2 a a person as seen in outline but not identified (saw a figure leaning against the door). b a person as contemplated mentally (a public figure) …
84figure — 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 > …
85Cut-point — The neck of this eight like figure is a cut point. In topology, a cut point is a point of a connected space such that its removal causes the resulting space to be disconnected. For example every point of a line is a cut point, while no point of a …
86Figure (wood) — In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side grain): a figured wood is not plain. The figure of a particular piece of wood may be due to the cut, or to innate properties of the wood. A few of the… …
87Cut, Cap and Balance Act — The proposed Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011 (or HR 2560[1]) was a bill put forward in the 112th United States Congress by Republicans during the 2011 U.S. debt ceiling crisis. The provisions of the bill included a cut in the total amount of… …
88cut out — Synonyms and related words: abjure, abrupt, abscind, abstract, act for, alienate, amputate, annihilate, arrange, avulse, ban, bar, bob, calculate, cast, cast off, cast out, change places with, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks …
89Cut (music) — In African American music, a cut overtly insists on the repetitive nature of the music, by abruptly skipping it back to another beginning which we have already heard. Moreover, the greater the insistence on the pure beauty and value of repetition …
90cut a fine figure — look very good in your clothes, look sharp When Dee was in her twenties she cut a fine figure in this fur jacket …
