"contour" in the noun sense

1. contour, contour line

a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

2. shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline

"he could barely make out their shapes"

3. contour

a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure

"the contours of the melody"

"it defines a major contour of this administration"

"contour" in the verb sense

1. contour

form the contours of

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