Figureheads - English meaning

noun

A woman's chest as measured around her breasts.

Usage examples:

A 36-inch bust

verb

Break, split, or burst.

Usage examples:

They bust the tunnel wide open

adjective

Damaged or broken.

Usage examples:

The vacuum cleaner's bust

noun

The action of carving.

Usage examples:

After 1922 he concentrated solely on sculpture, becoming influential in disseminating the modern te…

verb

Cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription.

Usage examples:

The wood was carved with runes

noun

A decorative object made from esp. wood or stone, or the art of making patterns in or objects from these materials

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Usage examples:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Usage examples:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

verb

(of an organ pipe) sound continuously.

noun

The lead singer or leader of a musical group

Usage examples:

Coldplay frontman chris martin

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Usage examples:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Usage examples:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

Usage examples:

A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

Usage examples:

Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

Usage examples:

He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

noun

The part of a musical instrument, telephone, etc. designed to be put in or against the mouth.

Usage examples:

He shouted into the mouthpiece, but there was no response

noun

The part of a musical instrument, telephone, or other device that goes near, on, or between the lips

Usage examples:

He’s a mouthpiece for the pharmaceutical industry.

noun

A movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.

Usage examples:

A puppet show

noun

The art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

verb

The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

noun

The art of creating objects out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or a work of art of this type

Usage examples:

[ c ] in the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures., picasso sculpted the "venus of lapigue.", …

noun

A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.

Usage examples:

The sculptor antonio canova used classical statues as the basis for his figures of modern men and w…

noun

A large art object, often representing a person or an animal, that is made from a hard material, esp. stone or metal

noun

A thing serving as a visible or tangible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc.

Usage examples:

I wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation

adjective

Done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture.

Usage examples:

Cases like these often bring just token fines from magistrates

noun

Something you give to someone or do for someone to express your feelings or intentions

Usage examples:

It isn’t a big present – it’s just a token of thanks for your help., subway tokens, a token fee, a …