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Form

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1.NounTo do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
2.NounThe shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
3.NounA thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
4.NounRegularity, beauty, or elegance.
5.NounThe inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
6.NounCharacteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
7.NounA long bench with no back.
8.NounThe boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
9.NounThe combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
10.NounTo do with structure or procedure. An order of doing things, as in religious ritual. Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula. Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
"a republican form of government; a matter of mere form; The team's form has been poor this year.; The orchestra was on top form this evening."
11.NounAn order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
12.NounEstablished method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
13.NounConstitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
"a republican form of government"
14.NounShow without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
"a matter of mere form"
15.NounA class or rank in society.
16.NounPast history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
17.NounLevel of performance.
"The team's form has been poor this year.; The orchestra was on top form this evening."
18.NounA class or year of school pupils.
19.NounA numbered division grouping school students (usually every two years) in education between Years 1 and 13 (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the form, as in sixth form). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
20.NounA blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
"To apply for the position, complete the application form."
21.NounA specimen document to be copied or imitated.
22.NounA 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"
23.NounThe den or home of a hare.
24.NounA window or dialogue box.
25.NounAn infraspecific rank.
26.NounThe type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
27.NounA quantic.
28.NounA specific way of performing a movement.
29.VerbTo assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
"When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies."
30.VerbTo give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
"Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet."
31.VerbTo take shape.
"When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy."
32.VerbTo put together or bring into being; assemble.
"The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.; Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960."
33.VerbTo create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
"By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective."
34.VerbTo constitute, to compose, to make up.
"Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders."
35.VerbTo mould or model by instruction or discipline.
"Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality."
36.VerbTo provide (a hare) with a form.
37.VerbTo 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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