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form 1Definition: A suffix used to denote in the form shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Form 2Definition: The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. Form 3Definition: Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government. Form 4Definition: Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. Form 5Definition: Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form. Form 6Definition: Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty. Form 7Definition: A shape; an image; a phantom. Form 8Definition: That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model. Form 9Definition: A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. Form 10Definition: The seat or bed of a hare. Form 11Definition: The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. Form 12Definition: The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. Form 13Definition: The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms. Form 14Definition: The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. Form 15Definition: That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law. Form 16Definition: The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant. Form 17Definition: To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion. Form 18Definition: To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train. Form 19Definition: To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part. Form 20Definition: To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., Form 21Definition: To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes. Form 22Definition: To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column. Form 23Definition: To run to a form, as a hare. form 24Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" form 25Definition: a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation" form 26Definition: a life-size dummy used to display clothes form 27Definition: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" form 28Definition: a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" form 29Definition: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke" form 30Definition: an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night" form 31Definition: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" form 32Definition: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" form 33Definition: a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" form 34Definition: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" form 35Definition: a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form" form 36Definition: an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form" form 37Definition: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" form 38Definition: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" form 39Definition: (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; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" form 40Definition: give a shape or form to; "shape the dough" form 41Definition: give shape to; "form the clay into a head" form 42Definition: make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" form 43Definition: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" form 44Definition: create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" form 45Definition: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" form 46Definition: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
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