Definition for word form

external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.

the shape of a thing or person.

a body, especially that of a human being.

a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing: a dressmaker’s form.

something that gives or determines shape; a mold.

a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears: water in the form of ice.

the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition: a unique form for the novel.

any assemblage of things of a similar kind constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoological group.

Crystallography. the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry.

due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order.

Logic. the abstract relations of terms in a proposition, and of propositions to one another.

a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something.

a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document: a form for initiating new members.

a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars before it is executed: a tax form.

a typical document to be used as a guide in framing others for like cases: a form for a deed.

a conventional method of procedure or behavior: society’s forms.

a formality or ceremony, often with implication of absence of real meaning: to go through the outward forms of a religious wedding.

procedure according to a set order or method.

conformity to the usages of society; formality; ceremony: the elaborate forms prevalent in the courts of renaissance kings.

procedure or conduct, as judged by social standards: Such behavior is very bad form.Good form demands that we go.

manner or method of performing something; technique: The violin soloist displayed tremendous form.

physical condition or fitness, as for performing: a tennis player in peak form.

Linguistics. the shape or pattern of a word or other construction (distinguished from substance).

Building Trades. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc.

a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools: boys in the fourth form.

British. a bench or long seat.

British Informal. a criminal record: She didn’t want to believe that her own mother had form.

Also British, forme. Printing. an assemblage of types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from.

to construct or frame.

to make or produce.

to serve to make up; serve as; compose; constitute: The remaining members will form the program committee.

to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind.

to contract or develop (habits, friendships, etc.).

to give a particular form or shape to; fashion in a particular manner: Form the dough into squares.

to mold or develop by discipline or instructions: The sergeant’s job was to form boys into men.

Military. to draw up in lines or in formation.

to take or assume form.

to be formed or produced: Ice began to form on the window.

to take a particular form or arrangement: The ice formed in patches across the window.

the shape or configuration of something as distinct from its colour, texture, etc

the particular mode, appearance, etc, in which a thing or person manifests itselfwater in the form of ice; in the form of a bat

a type or kindimprisonment is a form of punishment

physical or mental condition, esp good condition, with reference to ability to performoff form

the previous record of a horse, athlete, etc, esp with regard to fitness

British slang a criminal record

style, arrangement, or design in the arts, as opposed to content

a fixed mode of artistic expression or representation in literary, musical, or other artistic workssonata form; sonnet form

a mould, frame, etc, that gives shape to something

organized structure or order, as in an artistic work

education, mainly British a group of children who are taught together; class

manner, method, or style of doing something, esp with regard to recognized standards

behaviour or procedure, esp as governed by custom or etiquettegood form

formality or ceremony

a prescribed set or order of words, terms, etc, as in a religious ceremony or legal document

British a bench, esp one that is long, low, and backless

the nest or hollow in which a hare lives

a group of organisms within a species that differ from similar groups by trivial differences, as of colour

taxonomy a group distinguished from other groups by a single characteristic: ranked below a variety

to give shape or form to or to take shape or form, esp a specified or particular shape

to come or bring into existencea scum formed on the surface

to make, produce, or construct or be made, produced, or constructed

to construct or develop in the mindto form an opinion

(tr) to train, develop, or mould by instruction, discipline, or example

(tr) to acquire, contract, or developto form a habit

(tr) to be an element of, serve as, or constitutethis plank will form a bridge

(tr) to draw up; organizeto form a club