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The Meaning of form

  • (n.) A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
  • (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.
  • (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.
  • (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
  • (n.) A shape; an image; a phantom.
  • (n.) That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
  • (n.) A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.
  • (n.) The seat or bed of a hare.
  • (n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
  • (n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
  • (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
  • (n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
  • (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
  • (n.) To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
  • (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.
  • (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.
  • (v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare.

Synonyms

course , figure , flesh , frame , shape , kind , conformation , sort , chassis , physical body , soma , human body , contour , grade , cast , mannikin , mannequin , physique , phase , word form , configuration , class , variant , pattern , bod , signifier , descriptor , manikin , variety , strain , anatomy , var. , material body , manakin , build , multifariousness , potpourri , assortment , diverseness , sorting , change , motley , variety show , miscellany , smorgasbord , miscellanea , salmagundi , mixture , mixed bag , diversity , formula , condition , radiation diagram , rule , blueprint , radiation pattern , convention , practice , approach pattern , embodiment , normal , traffic pattern , design , conformity , contour line , abidance , constellation , compliance , framing , skeletal system , pulp , figure of speech , image , trope , frame of reference , haoma , underframe , systema skeletale , general anatomy , inning , skeleton , body-build , habitus , fig , number , digit , name , skeletal frame , public figure , hurl , dramatis personae , cast of characters , stamp , roll , plaster cast , mould , mold , casting , plaster bandage , air , breed , song , striving , straining , chance variable , variation , discrepancy , melodic phrase , mental strain , tenor , melodic line , variance , version , stochastic variable , stock , nervous strain , variate , tune , melody , edition , pains , line , stress , random variable , nisus , stage , phase angle , category , ground level , tier , stratum , mark , track , social class , grad , row , course of action , score , division , level , socio-economic class , course of study , family , trend , path , gradation , degree , year , course of instruction , fashion model , homunculus , model , engineer , devise , imprint , spring , take form , mastermind , work , direct , prepare , machinate , take shape , orchestrate , organize , forge , get up , coordinate , unionise , unionize , make , organise , constitute , wee-wee , take , hit , bring in , institute , draw , cook , have , piddle , hold , piss , do , reach , earn , stimulate , get to , shit , defecate , lay down , pass water , comprise , progress to , create , crap , take a shit , pretend , make water , gain , ready , found , establish , be , realize , make up , give , attain , pull in , induce , pee , wee , plant , ca-ca , get , micturate , take in , make believe , throw , arrive at , pee-pee , relieve oneself , spend a penny , represent , puddle , take a crap , clear , appoint , produce , nominate , take a leak , cause , urinate , fix , realise , stool , seduce , construct , rebound , recoil , bound , leap , ricochet , bounce , take a hop , resile , reverberate , jump , regulate , determine , influence , knead , turn , operate , act , bring , excogitate , work out , run , spurt , function , put to work , lick , solve , figure out , fake , sour , invent , play , exploit , make for , spirt , go , fashion , do work , hammer , mildew , puzzle out , act upon , counterfeit , process , crop , ferment , work on , formulate , wreak , cultivate , exercise , contrive , impress , body , ashes , clay , dust , system , carcass , corpse , remains , trunk

Antonyms

intellect , intelligence , mind , soul , spirit

Homophones

forme

Rhymes

barnstorm , brainstorm , chloroform , coliform , conform , cuneiform , deform , disinform , dorm , firestorm , forme , hailstorm , horme , inform , lukewarm , misinform , norm , orme , outperform , perform , platform , rainstorm , reform , sandstorm , schwarm , snowstorm , storm , swarm , thunderstorm , torme , transform , underperform , uniform , warm , windstorm