form
/fɔːm/
noun
Meaning
(heading, physical) To do with shape.
(social) To do with structure or procedure.
A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
"To apply for the position, complete the application form."
A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
Level of performance.
"The orchestra was on top form this evening."
(grammar) 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"
The den or home of a hare.
A window or dialogue box.
An infraspecific rank.
The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
A quantic.
(fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
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verb
Meaning
To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
"When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies."
To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
"Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet."
To take shape.
"When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy."
To put together or bring into being; assemble.
"Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960."
To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
"By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective."
To constitute, to compose, to make up.
"Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders."
To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
"Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality."
To provide (a hare) with a form.
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.
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