female figure

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandfigure

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition offemaleandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale figure

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Otherwise, thefemalefigurewas used by male artists in an almost de-personalised manner that invariably emphasised abstract characteristics.
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And how is its content especially significant for the uses to which the male artist puts thefemalefigure?
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The twelve zodiacal signs are assigned half to the male and half to thefemalefigure.
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The lowerfemalefigureis due to the fact that much of the main industry in the constituency is in the manufacture of textiles, which obviously gives higher female employment.
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In the 1990s, thefemalefigurecrystallized as the main focus of her work.
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Beyond them hovers afemalefigure, in front of a richly decorated temple with an onion dome.
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Opposed to the aristocratic values which tended towards idle beauty and adornment, the new ethic prized industry and domestic utility in thefemalefigure.
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They notice afemalefigurepacing in the next room.
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In each of them thefemalefiguredepicted is holding a cross-shaped staff, interpreted as a distaff.
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A large granite stele with afemalefigurein relief, has been attributed to the second phase called the great-temple.
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After a period during which he concentrated on portraits and on thefemalefigure, from about 1912 he took a special interest in painting forests.
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If the artifact was intended to replicate afemalefigure, it would be the earliest example of representational art in the archaeological record.
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The second bronze is an allegoristfemalefiguresitting on a globe with her legs stretched out behind her.
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The figures show an armed knight of the 14th century beside afemalefigure, possibly his lady, but perhaps of a slightly later date.
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The flower symbolism is enhanced by the choice of the blossom which accompanies thefemalefigure.
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Afemalefigureapprox. 32 cm high holding a bowl-shaped object in upraised hands stands in the center of the wagon.
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