fig.
Pronunciation:
/fɪɡ/adjective
Definitions
Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
Metaphorically so called.
With many figures of speech.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
noun
Definitions
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
Example: a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
Example: He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.