Word.ws English Dictionary

figuring away

figuring away is the present participle and gerund of figure away.

Meaning of figure away

Verb

figure away (third-person singular simple present figures away, present participle figuring away, simple past and past participle figured away)

  1. (obsolete) To make an impression; to show off.
    • Dr. King […] came in, & figured away to his own satisfaction before Mr. Garrick.1771, Frances Burney, Journals

Questions about figuring away

What is figuring away the present participle and gerund of?
Figuring away is the present participle and gerund of figure away.

Words near figuring away in the dictionary

  1. figurial
  2. figurin'
  3. figurine
  4. figurines
  5. figuring
  6. figuring away
  7. figuring on
  8. figuring out
  9. figuring up
  10. figurings
  11. figurings out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: figuring away (page history and authors); figure away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “figuring away.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/figuring_away. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.