NOUN
- a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
- a two-dimensionsal figure having the shape of the number eight
- a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice
How To Use figure eight In A Sentence
- A rider races her horse in a cloverleaf pattern or figure eight around barrels, then races home.
- A high plane left a figure eight of white vapor trail across the sky. AFTERMATH
- Learn more about belly dance figure eight moves with tips from a professional dancer in this free dance lesson video.
- She attached it to the figure eight descender she'd already snapped on her Swiss seat. THIS TIME LOVE
- The muscles form a figure eight around the bladder, uterus and bowel and hold them in place. Alternative Health Care for Women
- Clouds of incense led the procession with the thurifer swinging full circles and figure eights.
- We flew a descending, slowing figure eight to an uphill sloping runway, with tall trees at the approach end and a dogleg to the right.
- Mr. Thwaite and I were soon liberally spattered as we tried to hold the beast still and I packed the stump with sulphon amide applied a thick pad of cotton wool and bandaged it in a figure eight to the other horn. Every living thing
- Pale yellow tinged faintly with green, a sulfur butterfly flew a lurching figure eight overhead. MINUTES TO BURN
- The muscles form a figure eight around the bladder, uterus and bowel and hold them in place. Alternative Health Care for Women
