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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substanceplay

Example:

geometry is the mathematical science of shape

Synonyms:

form; shape

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

plane; sheet ((mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape)

natural shape (a shape created by natural forces; not man-made)

flair; flare (a shape that spreads outward)

figure (a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape)

line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)

distorted shape; distortion (a shape resulting from distortion)

amorphous shape (an ill-defined or arbitrary shape)

connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)

circle (something approximating the shape of a circle)

square (something approximating the shape of a square)

triangle (something approximating the shape of a triangle)

column; pillar; tower (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower)

plume (anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mold for setting concreteplay

Example:

they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

cast; mold; mould (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)

Derivation:

form (give shape or form to)

form (make something, usually for a specific function)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A life-size dummy used to display clothesplay

Synonyms:

form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

dummy (a figure representing the human form)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The visual appearance of something or someoneplay

Example:

the delicate cast of his features

Synonyms:

cast; form; shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A particular mode in which something is manifestedplay

Example:

his resentment took the form of extreme hostility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)play

Example:

he could barely make out their shapes

Synonyms:

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

Attribute:

straight (having no deviations)

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

keenness; sharpness (thinness of edge or fineness of point)

bluntness; dullness (without sharpness or clearness of edge or point)

topography (the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features)

lobularity (the property of having lobules)

concaveness; concavity (the property possessed by a concave shape)

convexity; convexness (the property possessed by a convex shape)

angularity (the property possessed by a shape that has angles)

narrowing (an instance of becoming narrow)

curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)

roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)

straightness (freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles)

crookedness (having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles)

stratification (a layered configuration)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An ability to perform wellplay

Example:

the team was off form last night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Alternative names for the body of a human beingplay

Example:

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Synonyms:

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

person (a human body (usually including the clothing))

juvenile body (the body of a young person)

adult body (the body of an adult human being)

male body (the body of a male human being)

female body (the body of a female human being)

Holonyms ("form" is a part of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityplay

Example:

what kinds of desserts are there?

Synonyms:

form; kind; sort; variety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

description (sort or variety)

type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)

antitype (an opposite or contrasting type)

art form ((architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture))

style (a particular kind (as to appearance))

flavor; flavour ((physics) the six kinds of quarks)

color; colour ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction)

species (a specific kind of something)

genus (a general kind of something)

brand; make (a recognizable kind)

genre (a kind of literary or artistic work)

ilk; like (a kind of person)

manner (a kind)

model (a type of product)

stripe (a kind or category)

like; the like; the likes of (a similar kind)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A perceptual structureplay

Example:

a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them

Synonyms:

form; pattern; shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

fractal ((mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry)

gestalt (a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts)

grid (a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines)

kaleidoscope (a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes)

mosaic (a pattern resembling a mosaic)

strand (a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole)

Holonyms ("form" is a part of...):

percept; perception; perceptual experience (the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept)

Derivation:

form (give shape or form to)

Sense 11

Meaning:

The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify somethingplay

Example:

the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached

Synonyms:

descriptor; form; signifier; word form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

singular; singular form (the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton)

ghost word (a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error)

base; radical; root; root word; stem; theme ((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed)

etymon; root (a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes)

citation form; entry word; main entry word (the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary)

abbreviation (a shortened form of a word or phrase)

acronym; initialism (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word)

Sense 12

Meaning:

A printed document with spaces in which to writeplay

Example:

he filled out his tax form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Meronyms (parts of "form"):

blank space; place; space (a blank area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

application form (a form to use when making an application)

claim form (a form to use when filing a claim)

order form (a form to use when placing an order)

questionnaire (a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information)

requisition; requisition form (an official form on which a request in made)

tax form (a form to use when paying your taxes)

telegraph form (a form to use when sending a telegram)

Sense 13

Meaning:

An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourseplay

Example:

he first sketches the plot in outline form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

genre; literary genre; writing style (a style of expressing yourself in writing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

versification (the form or metrical composition of a poem)

Derivation:

form (to compose or represent)

Sense 14

Meaning:

(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groupsplay

Example:

a new strain of microorganisms

Synonyms:

form; strain; var.; variant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Holonyms ("form" is a member of...):

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

Sense 15

Meaning:

A body of students who are taught togetherplay

Example:

early morning classes are always sleepy

Synonyms:

class; course; form; grade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

master class (a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert)

discussion section; section (a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately)

Sense 16

Meaning:

(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 boundaryplay

Example:

the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system

Synonyms:

form; phase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("form" is a kind of...):

state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))

Domain category:

physical chemistry (the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "form"):

dispersed particles; dispersed phase ((of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state)

dispersing medium; dispersing phase; dispersion medium ((of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they form  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it forms  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: formed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: formed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: forming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give shape or form toplay

Example:

form the young child's character

Synonyms:

form; shape

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

individuate (give individual shape or form to)

tie (form a knot or bow in)

terrace (make into terraces as for cultivation)

fork (shape like a fork)

tabulate (shape or cut with a flat surface)

dimension (shape or form to required dimensions)

roll (shape by rolling)

draw (flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching)

strike (cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp)

crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize (cause to take on a definite and clear shape)

twist (form into twists)

sliver (form into slivers)

ridge (form into a ridge)

plume (form a plume)

round; round off; round out (make round)

scallop; scollop (shape or cut in scallops)

square; square up (make square)

dish (make concave; shape like a dish)

fit (make fit)

flatten (make flat or flatter)

deform; distort; strain (alter the shape of (something) by stress)

blow (shape by blowing)

block (shape into a block or blocks)

block (shape by using a block)

cup (form into the shape of a cup)

circle; encircle (form or draw a circle around)

turn (shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

form (a mold for setting concrete)

form (a perceptual structure)

formation (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)

formation (a particular spatial arrangement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Assume a form or shapeplay

Example:

the water formed little beads

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

constellate (form a constellation or cluster)

culminate (rise to, or form, a summit)

grain; granulate (form into grains)

conglobate; conglobe (assume a globular shape)

bunch; bundle; clump; cluster (gather or cause to gather into a cluster)

brecciate (form into breccia)

reticulate (divide so as to form a network)

flake (form into flakes)

head (form a head or come or grow to a head)

bead (form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make something, usually for a specific functionplay

Example:

Work the metal into a sword

Synonyms:

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Verb group:

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

carve (form by carving)

swage; upset (form metals with a swage)

chip (form by chipping)

layer (make or form a layer)

cut out (form and create by cutting out)

machine (turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery)

grind (shape or form by grinding)

stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)

puddle (subject to puddling or form by puddling)

beat (shape by beating)

preform (form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand)

preform (form into a shape resembling the final, desired one)

mound (form into a rounded elevation)

hill (form into a hill)

roughcast (shape roughly)

remold; reshape (shape again or shape differently)

sinter (cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting)

cast; mold; mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)

throw (make on a potter's wheel)

coil; hand-build; handbuild (make without a potter's wheel)

sculpt; sculpture (create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material)

model; mold; mould (form in clay, wax, etc)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

formation (a particular spatial arrangement)

formation (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)

formation (the act of forming or establishing something)

form (a mold for setting concrete)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Establish or impress firmly in the mindplay

Example:

We imprint our ideas onto our children

Synonyms:

form; imprint

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something on somebody

Derivation:

formative (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Create (as an entity)play

Example:

They formed a company

Synonyms:

form; organise; organize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

regroup; reorganise; reorganize (organize anew, as after a setback)

choose up (form sides, as for a game)

draw up (form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers)

regiment (form (military personnel) into a regiment)

syndicate (organize into or form a syndicate)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

formation (the act of forming or establishing something)

formation (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit)

Sense 6

Meaning:

To compose or representplay

Example:

This makes a fine introduction

Synonyms:

constitute; form; make

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

chelate (form a chelate, in chemistry)

add (constitute an addition)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

form (an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Develop into a distinctive entityplay

Example:

our plans began to take shape

Synonyms:

form; spring; take form; take shape

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "form" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "form"):

regenerate (be formed or shaped anew)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

formation (creation by mental activity)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I am very much obliged to anybody who assists me, and I only want to be consulted as a mere form, sometimes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Until it sets to-night, that monster must retain whatever form he now has.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them, and their reception of me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A moment later the tall and portly form of Mycroft Holmes was ushered into the room.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The anhydrous form of mercaptopurine, a thiopurine-derivative antimetabolite with antineoplastic and immunosuppressive activities.

(Mercaptopurine Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade I meningioma characterized by the presence of tumor cells that form lobules.

(Meningothelial Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of slow-growing tumor that forms in the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Meningioma, NCI Dictionary)

A hydrochloride salt form of memotine, an isoquinoline with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Memotine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The nervous system is sensitive to all forms of mercury.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

In traditional Chinese medicine, one of 20 channels that form a network through which qi (the body's vital energy) flows and that connect the body’s acupuncture sites.

(Meridian, NCI Dictionary)




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