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FIGURE EIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("figure eight" is a kind of...):
figure (a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
Synonyms:
figure eight; figure of eight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("figure eight" is a kind of...):
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A two-dimensional figure having the shape of the number eight
Synonyms:
figure 8; figure eight; figure of eight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("figure eight" is a kind of...):
plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)
