form

A1
Pronunciation
/fɔːm/
/fɔɹm/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

(heading, physical) To do with shape.

2 Definition

(social) To do with structure or procedure.

3 Definition

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

Example Sentences
  • To apply for the position, complete the application form.
4 Definition

A specimen document to be copied or imitated.

5 Definition

Level of performance.

Example Sentences
  • The orchestra was on top form this evening.
6 Definition

(grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.

Example Sentences
  • participial forms;  verb forms
7 Definition

The den or home of a hare.

8 Definition

A window or dialogue box.

9 Definition

An infraspecific rank.

10 Definition

The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.

11 Definition

A quantic.

12 Definition

(fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).

Example Sentences
  • When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
2 Definition

To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.

Example Sentences
  • Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
3 Definition

To take shape.

Example Sentences
  • When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
4 Definition

To put together or bring into being; assemble.

Example Sentences
  • Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960.
5 Definition

To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.

Example Sentences
  • By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
6 Definition

To constitute, to compose, to make up.

Example Sentences
  • Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
7 Definition

To mould or model by instruction or discipline.

Example Sentences
  • Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
8 Definition

To provide (a hare) with a form.

9 Definition

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.