CONTOURING Synonyms

• determine the essential quality of

• give a definition for the meaning of a word

• determine the nature of

• show the form or outline of

• decide upon or fix definitely

• a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

• a type of product

• a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• something to be imitated

• someone worthy of imitation

• a representative form or pattern

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

• worthy of imitation

• plan or create according to a model or models

• form in clay, wax, etc

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• display (clothes) as a mannequin

• create a representation or simulation of

• construct a model in the likeness of

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

• loose soil rich in organic matter

• the process of becoming mildewed

• a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

• a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

• a distinctive nature, character, or type

• sculpture produced by molding

• form in clay, wax, etc

• become moldy; spoil due to humidity

• form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

• make something, usually for a specific function

• fit tightly, follow the contours of

• shape or influence; give direction to

• create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• an arrangement of parts or elements

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

• a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

• acting according to certain accepted standards

• the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a perceptual structure

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

• the visual appearance of something or someone

• a printed document with spaces in which to write

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse

• a particular mode in which something is manifested

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a body of students who are taught together

• an ability to perform well

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• a mold for setting concrete

• create (as an entity)

• to compose or represent

• develop into a distinctive entity

• give shape or form to

• make something, usually for a specific function

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• assume a form or shape

• a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height