CONTOUR

I. noun see: turn Date: 1662 an outline especially of a curving or irregular figure ; shape , the general form or structure of something ; characteristic , a usually meaningful change in intonation in speech, see: outline II. adjective Date: 1844 following ~ lines or forming furrows or ridges along them , made to fit the ~ of something , III. transitive verb Date: 1871 1. to shape the ~ of, to shape so as to fit ~s, to construct (as a road) in conformity to a ~