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Noun contour has 3 senses

contour, contour line - a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
--₁ is a kind of isometric line, isometric
--₁ has particulars: thalweg
Derived form: verb contour₁

shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
--₂ is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
--₂ has particulars:

sharpness, keenness; dullness, dulness, bluntness; topography; lobularity; concavity, concaveness; convexity, convexness; angularity; narrowing; curvature, curve; roundness; straightness; crookedness; stratification

Derived form: verb contour₁

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"
--₃ is a kind of feature, characteristic

Verb contour has 1 sense

contour - form the contours of
--₁ is one way to delineate, limn, outline

Derived forms: noun contour₁, noun contour₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something