FORM

noun forms · forme

1. countable, physical, uncountable The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2. countable, physical, uncountable A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
3. countable, physical, uncountable Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
4. countable, physical, uncountable The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
5. countable, physical, uncountable Characteristics not involving atomic components.
6. countable, dated, physical, uncountable A long bench with no back. And there with syr Launcelot wrapped his mantel aboute his arme wel and surely and by thenne they had geten a grete fourme oute of the halle and there with all they rasshed at the dore […].
7. countable, physical, uncountable The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
8. countable, physical, uncountable The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
9. countable, uncountable An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
10. countable, uncountable Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula. Those whom form of laws Condemned to die.
11. countable, uncountable Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system. a republican form of government
12. countable, uncountable Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality. a matter of mere form
13. archaic, countable, uncountable A class or rank in society. ladies of a high form
14. UK, countable, uncountable Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something. It's fair to say she has form on this: she has criticised David Cameron's proposal to create all-women shortlists for prospective MPs, tried to ban women wearing high heels at work as the resulting pain made them take time off work, and tried to reduce the point at which an abortion can take place f
15. countable, uncountable Level of performance. The team's form has been poor this year.
16. UK, countable, uncountable A class or year of school pupils.
17. UK, countable, dated, uncountable A numbered division grouping school students (usually every two years) in education between Years 1 and 13 (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the form, as in sixth form). Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form. Maister: What a thing is this? N: He is sick in bed. M: How do you know? N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.
18. countable, uncountable A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. To apply for the position, complete the application form.
19. countable, uncountable A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
20. countable, uncountable A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech. participial forms;  verb forms
21. countable, uncountable The den or home of a hare. Being one day a hunting, I found a Hare sitting in her forme[…].
22. countable, uncountable A window or dialogue box. While it is quite amazing how much one can do with Visual Basic with the code attached to a single form, to take full advantage of VB you'll need to start using multiple forms and having the code on all the forms in your project interact.
23. countable, uncountable An infraspecific rank.
24. countable, historical, uncountable The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. And the form is inked, the paper is applied, the bed is slid, and the platen is levered down and the proof is printed.
25. countable, uncountable A quantic.
26. countable, uncountable A specific way of performing a movement.

Similar: makeup, f.

verb forms · forming · formed · form

1. transitive To assume (a certain shape or visible structure). When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
2. transitive To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
3. intransitive To take shape. When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
4. To put together or bring into being; assemble. The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.
5. transitive To create (a word) by inflection or derivation. By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
6. transitive To constitute, to compose, to make up. Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
7. To mould or model by instruction or discipline. Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
8. To provide (a hare) with a form. The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers.
9. historical, transitive To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.

Similar: transmogrify, take shape, make up, forshape, form, mold, shape, turn, beshape

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of family, occupation, recreation, motivation, a set of potential topics of conversation for use by salespeople etc.family