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noun
1.
The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.  Synonyms: descriptor, signifier, word form.
2.
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.  Synonyms: kind, sort, variety.  "What kinds of desserts are there?"
3.
A perceptual structure.  Synonyms: pattern, shape.  "A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
4.
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).  Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, shape.
5.
Alternative names for the body of a human being.  Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma.  "He has a strong physique" , "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
6.
The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.  Synonym: shape.
7.
The visual appearance of something or someone.  Synonyms: cast, shape.
8.
A printed document with spaces in which to write.
9.
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.  Synonyms: strain, var., variant.
10.
An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse.  "He first sketches the plot in outline form"
11.
A particular mode in which something is manifested.
12.
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary.  Synonym: phase.
13.
A body of students who are taught together.  Synonyms: class, course, grade.
14.
An ability to perform well.  "The team was off form last night"
15.
A life-size dummy used to display clothes.  Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin.
16.
A mold for setting concrete.
verb
(past & past part. formed; pres. part. forming)
1.
Create (as an entity).  Synonyms: organise, organize.  "They formed a company"
2.
To compose or represent:.  Synonyms: constitute, make.  "The branches made a roof" , "This makes a fine introduction"
3.
Develop into a distinctive entity.  Synonyms: spring, take form, take shape.
4.
Give shape or form to.  Synonym: shape.  "Form the young child's character"
5.
Make something, usually for a specific function.  Synonyms: forge, mold, mould, shape, work.  "Form cylinders from the dough" , "Shape a figure" , "Work the metal into a sword"
6.
Establish or impress firmly in the mind.  Synonym: imprint.
7.
Assume a form or shape.



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"Form" Quotes from Famous Books



... morality to be drawn out of this vision, I learnt from it never to repine at my own misfortunes, or to envy the happiness of another, since it is impossible for any man to form a right judgment of his neighbor's sufferings; for which reason, also, I have determined never to think too lightly of another's complaints, but to regard the sorrows of my fellow-creatures with ...
— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey
... through the form of having tea as usual that night at Echo Lodge; but nobody really ate anything. After tea Miss Lavendar went to her room and put on her new forget-me-not organdy, while Anne did her hair for her. Both were dreadfully ...
— Anne Of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... part about the thickness of a Cock's Comb. Then, with a Jagging-Iron, cut Pieces out of it, in the shape of Cocks Combs, and the remaining Parts between, may be cut to pieces, and used in Pyes, and serve every whit as well as Cocks Combs: but those cut in form, please the Eye best; and, as Mr. Renaud observes, the Eye must be pleased, before we can taste any thing with Pleasure. And therefore, in Fricassees we should put those which are cut according ...
— The Country Housewife and Lady's Director - In the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm • Richard Bradley
... toward the latter end of the month. She could have been refitted with much ease at Sydney; but there was no doubt that the work necessary to be done to her would meet with fewer interruptions, if the people who were engaged in it were removed from the connections which seamen generally form where there are women of a certain ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins
... was pleased accordingly. He had, he felt sure, sown in the statesman's mind a germ of suspicion which would before long bring forth fruit. In those days danger was plentiful, and people could not afford to overlook it, no matter in what form it presented itself, least of all such people as the Cardinal himself, who, while sustaining an unequal combat against superior forces outside the State, felt that his every step was encompassed by perils from within. ...
— Saracinesca • F. Marion Crawford


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