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Meanings of human figure in English

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Image that resembles a human; may or may not actually be or represent a person.

Russian
человеческая фигура
Portuguese
figura humana
Catalan
figura humana
Spanish
figura humana

Representation of a human person on coats of arms or other heraldic motifs.

Related terms
человеческая фигура
Usage of human figure in English
1
A figure stepped boldly into the cone of light-a tiny human figure.
Dark Universe
2
Last year's show focussed on sculptures that referred to the human figure.
The new yorker
3
What profound knowledge of the potentialities of the human figure for expression.'
The Child of Pleasure
4
Study the human figure, both as intrinsically beautiful and as expressing mind.
Daily Thoughts: selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley b...
5
An upright human figure would draw at once a hail of bullets.
The Hosts of the Air
6
And out of it struggled, on hands and knees, a human figure.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
7
A human figure appeared in front of him, bathed in gentle starlight.
The Naked God
8
Her under-study is there - arudehuman figure behind a brass screen.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
9
Effigy vase representing a kneeling or squatting human figure, moderately well modeled.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
10
It was an androgynous human figure, standing up, hands clasped in prayer.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy,...
11
No sound of footstep was stirring; no sign of human figure in sight.
In a glass darkly
12
I looked from the windows: no human figure passed through the silent streets.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
13
It was a human figure-thatof a man crouching close in the corner.
Can Such Things Be?
14
At the same moment a human figure came along the pathway.
The Chronicles of Clovis
15
Blood dripped from the human figure gripped in the creature's talons.
Final Weapon
16
The skirts of a human figure appeared, retreating behind the ruins.
The Scottish Chiefs
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Translations for human figure
Portuguese
figura humana
Human figure through the time
Human figure across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common