Example: "They built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
noun: the visual appearance of something or someone
noun: a particular mode in which something is manifested
Example: "His resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
noun: an ability to perform well
Example: "He was at the top of his form"
noun: a perceptual structure
Example: "The composition presents problems for students of musical form"
noun: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Example: "The inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
noun: a printed document with spaces in which to write
Example: "He filled out his tax form"
noun: an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
Example: "The essay was in the form of a dialogue"
noun: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
noun: alternative names for the body of a human being
noun: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
noun: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
noun: a body of students who are taught together
noun: (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 boundary
noun: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Example: "Sculpture is a form of art"
noun: a life-size dummy used to display clothes
verb: create (as an entity)
Example: "Social groups form everywhere"
verb: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
verb: develop into a distinctive entity
verb: give shape to
Example: "Form the clay into a head"
verb: establish or impress firmly in the mind
verb: give a shape or form to
verb: make something, usually for a specific function
Example: "Form cylinders from the dough"
name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #51832)