<B>fig</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>figged,</B> <B>figging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>dress; equipment. <DD><B> 2. </B>condition; form. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fig out,</B> </I>to dress; get up. <BR> <I>Ex. Landsmen ... figged out as fine as Lord Harry (Frederick Marryat).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fig up,</B> </I>to furbish up; make smart. <BR> <I>Ex. [The house] wants a little figging up (Punch).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in full fig,</B> </I>fully dressed or equipped. <BR> <I>Ex. The broad, red-carpeted steps ... are bordered by ten more Republican Guards in full fig (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fig">
<B>fig.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>figurative. <DD><B> b. </B>figuratively. <DD><B> 2. </B>figure or figures. </DL>
<A NAME="figaro">
<B>Figaro, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an original and witty liar, a stock character in drama and opera. </DL>
<A NAME="figbanana">
<B>fig banana,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small variety of the banana. </DL>
<A NAME="figeater">
<B>figeater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, green beetle of the southern United States that feeds on grasses, young corn, and ripe fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="figfinch">
<B>fig finch,</B> =beccafico.</DL>
<A NAME="figgy">
<B>figgy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made or filled with figs. <BR> <I>Ex. a figgy cake.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling figs. </DL>
<A NAME="fight">
<B>fight, </B>noun, verb, <B>fought,</B> <B>fighting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a violent struggle; combat or conflict; battle; contest. <BR> <I>Ex. a street fight, a dog fight, a long fight for justice. A fight ends when one side gives up.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an angry dispute; quarrel. <BR> <I>Ex. Their fights were always over money.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the power or will to fight; fighting spirit. <BR> <I>Ex. There is fight in the old dog yet.</I> (SYN) pugnacity. <DD><B> 4. </B>a boxing match. <BR> <I>Ex. The champion had not had a fight for over a year.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to take part in a fight. <BR> <I>Ex. When boys fight they hit one another. Soldiers fight by shooting with guns. Countries fight with armies.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to dispute angrily; contend; struggle. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) We may fight against our own feelings and desires. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take part in a fight against; war against. <BR> <I>Ex. to fight disease. (Figurative.) She will not fight her fear of the dark. For some were sunk ... and so could fight us no more (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to carry on (a fight, conflict, or struggle); engage in. <BR> <I>Ex. to fight a duel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to exert oneself in support of (a cause, case at law, or the like); maintain. <BR> <I>Ex. He fought the case clear up to the Supreme Court.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to get or make by fighting. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) He had to fight his way through the crowd.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to cause to fight. <BR> <I>Ex. The nobles and gentry had fought cocks (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to use, command, or manage (troops, ships, guns, or aircraft) in battle. <BR><I>expr. <B>fight back,</B> </I>to offer resistance; show fight. <BR> <I>Ex. They had no heart to fight back.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fight it out,</B> </I>to fight until one side wins. <BR> <I>Ex. I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer (Ulysses S. Grant).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fights,</B> </I>(Obsolete.) a protective screen for sailors on warships during battle. <BR> <I>Ex. Fights ... hang round about the ship, to hinder men from being seen in fight (John Phillips).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fight shy of,</B> </I>to keep away from; avoid. <BR> <I>Ex. I have ... had to fight shy of invitations that would exhaust time and spirits (Washington Irving).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>show fight,</B> </I>to resist; be ready to fight. <BR> <I>Ex. Until ... something or another happens to make little Eleanor show fight (Henry Kingsley).</I> adj. <B>fightable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fightback">
<B>fightback, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a return attack; counteroffensive. </DL>
<A NAME="fighter">
<B>fighter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that fights, especially as a soldier or boxer. <BR> <I>Ex. Our dog is a real fighter and is leader among the neighborhood dogs. The sergeants were tough fighters. Nobody thought the young fighter would win until he had more experience boxing.</I> (SYN) combatant, belligerent, warrior, champion, gladiator, pugilist. <DD><B> 2. </B>a highly maneuverable and heavily armed airplane, used mainly for attacking enemy airplanes or strafing ground forces. <DD><B> 3. </B>a pugnacious person. </DL>
<A NAME="fighterbomber">
<B>fighter-bomber, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an airplane that functions as both a fighter and a bomber. </DL>
<A NAME="fighterescort">
<B>fighter escort,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Great Britain) one or more aircraft assigned to fly with and protect friendly bombers; bomber escort. </DL>
<A NAME="fighterinterceptor">
<B>fighter-interceptor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an airplane that functions as both a fighter and an interceptor. <BR> <I>Ex. They are supposed to be able to take off in their fighter-interceptors within 60 seconds after they receive warning from the Aircraft Warning Service (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>fighting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that fights or is trained for fighting. <BR> <I>Ex. a fighting force, a fighting man.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with fighting. <BR> <I>Ex. fighting gear, the fighting field; ... so long as the two halves of the divided world maintain their fearful fighting trim (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>warlike; hostile. <BR> <I>Ex. fighting words, a fighting mood.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>courageous; bold. <BR> <I>Ex. She met adversity with a fighting spirit.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fightingchair">
<B>fighting chair,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a chair fixed to the deck of a boat, used by an angler in sports fishing to catch large fish at sea. </DL>
<A NAME="fightingchance">
<B>fighting chance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the possibility of success after a long, hard struggle. <BR> <I>Ex. Observers give him only a fighting chance in his campaign against the incumbent Senator.</I> </DL>
<B>fighting fish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a brightly colored Siamese freshwater fish, often kept in aquariums; betta. </DL>
<A NAME="fightingly">
<B>fightingly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a fighting manner; pugnaciously. </DL>
<A NAME="fightingtop">
<B>fighting top,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a platform on or near the head of a mast of a warship, from which sharpshooters or rapid guns fire. </DL>
<A NAME="fightoff">
<B>fight-off, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a contest to decide a tie, especially in a boxing match. </DL>
<A NAME="fights">
<B>fights, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>fight.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="figinsect">
<B>fig insect,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various insects inhabiting the hollow interior of the immature fig. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small hymenopterous insect serving as an important agent in cross-pollination of the fig. </DL>
<A NAME="figleaf">
<B>fig leaf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the leaf of a fig tree (chiefly in reference to the first covering of Adam and Eve). Genesis 3:7. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a device for concealing something shameful orimproper; flimsy disguise. <BR> <I>Ex. They tore off ... even the fig leaves of decent reticence (Charles Kingsley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="figmarigold">
<B>fig marigold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various low-growing plants of the carpetweed family, bearing showy pink, white, or yellow flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="figment">
<B>figment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something made up, feigned, or imagined; a made-up story. <BR> <I>Ex. I don't believe it; it's just a figment of your imagination.</I> (SYN) fiction. </DL>
<B>fig paste,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Turkish confection, consisting of a semitransparent, sweetened, and flavored fig paste cut into small blocks and dusted with fine sugar; loukoum. </DL>
<A NAME="figsunday">
<B>Fig Sunday,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Sunday before Easter Sunday; Palm Sunday. </DL>
<B>figurable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can take or keep a definite figure or shape. </DL>
<A NAME="figural">
<B>figural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with figures, or delineation by figures. <BR> <I>Ex. A collection of Lalique glass in the sale will include jardinieres, bowls and figural pieces (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) figurate. </DL>
<A NAME="figurant">
<B>figurant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a ballet dancer, especially one who dances only as one of a group. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Theater.) a character who appears in any scene without taking a prominent part; supernumerary. </DL>
<A NAME="figurante">
<B>figurante, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female figurant. </DL>
<A NAME="figurate">
<B>figurate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having definite form or shape. <DD><B> 2. </B>formed into figures or patterns. <DD><B> 3. </B>distinguished by the use of passing tones or other ornaments of a piece of music; florid. adv. <B>figurately.</B> </DL>
