<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.</li><li>Synonyms: boundary, form, configuration.</li><li>Contour line.</li><li>Phonetics: a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance, especially across a sentence, and contributing to meaning.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To mark with contour lines.</li><li>To make or form the contour or outline of.</li><li>To build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land.</li><li>To mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration: cars with seats that are contoured for comfort.</li><li>To apply foundation and bronzer along the natural bone structure of (the face) to create definition: ways to contour your nose.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form: contour seats.</li><li>Agriculture: of or used in a system of plowing, cultivating, sowing, etc., along the contour lines of the land in order to trap water runoff and prevent erosion.</li></ul>