Form Definition

fôrm

formed, forming, forms

noun

forms

The shape, outline, or configuration of anything; structure as apart from color, material, etc.

Webster's New World

The body or figure of a person or animal.

Webster's New World

A model of the human figure, esp. one used to display or fit clothes.

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A mold for the setting of concrete.

American Heritage

Anything used to give shape to something else; mold; specif., a temporary structure of boards or metal into which concrete is poured to set.

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verb

formed, forming, forms

To give shape or form to; fashion; make, as in some particular way.

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To make or fashion by shaping.

Form figures out of clay.

American Heritage

To develop (habits)

Webster's New World

To think of; frame in the mind; conceive.

Webster's New World

To arrange oneself in.

Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
act as
figure in
make up
constitute
imprint
shape-up
fall-into-place
be finalized
become visible
assume definite characteristics
eventuate
materialize
mature
unfold
develop

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
neglect
break
ruin
destroy
hurt
waste away. See syn. study at make.make
dissolve
disappear
waste-away
kill
get-out-of
shatter
demolish

suffix

Having the form of.

Plexiform.

American Heritage

affix

Having the form of; shaped like.

Dentiform.

Webster's New World

Having (a specified number of) forms.

Triform.

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idiom

good (<i>or</i> bad) form

conduct in (or not in) accord with social custom

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Other Word Forms of Form

Noun

Singular:

form

Plural:

forms

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Form

good (or bad) form

Origin of Form

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), from Old French forme, from Latin forma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”)

From Wiktionary
Middle English forme from Latin fōrma possibly (via Etruscan) from Greek morphē

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
New Latin -fōrmis from Latin fōrma form

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
OFr -forme < L forma, form

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition