figure

ot noun

1. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
2. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
3. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. The muslin was of a pretty figure.
4. A drawing or diagram conveying information.

fe’l verb

1. To come to understand. I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.
2. To be reasonable. It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
3. To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
4. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.