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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary -form adjective combining form ETYMOLOGY French & Latin; French -forme, from Latin -formis,from forma : in the form or shape of : resembling filiform English Etymology form early 13c., from O.Fr . forme, from L. forma "form, mold, shape, case," origin unknown. One theory holds that it is from Gk.morphe "form, beauty, outward appearance" (see morphine) via Etruscan. Sense of "behavior" is first recorded late 14c. The verb is attested from c.1300.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ form form / fC:m; NAmE fC:rm / nounTYPE 类型 1. [C] a type or variety of sth 类型；种类: forms of transport / government / energy 运输种类；政体类型；能源种类 one of the most common forms of cancer 最普通的一种癌症 all the millions of different life forms on the planet today 当今地球上所有的几百万生命种类 ⇨ see also art form WAY STH IS / LOOKS 形式 2. [C, U] the particular way sth is, seems, looks or is presented 形式；外表；样子: The disease can take several different forms. 这种疾病可能有几种不同的形式。 Help in the form of money will be very welcome. 以钱的形式资助将十分受欢迎。 Help arrived in the form of two police officers. 来支援的是两名警察。 The training programme takes the form of a series of workshops. 培训课程采取一系列研讨会的形式。 Most political questions involve morality in some form or other. 多数政治问题牵涉到这样或那样的道义性。 We need to come to some form of agreement. 我们需要达成某种形式的协议。 I'm opposed to censorship in any shape or form. 我反对任何形式的审查。 This dictionary is also available in electronic form. 这部词典也有电子版本的。 DOCUMENT 文件 3. [C] an official document containing questions and spaces for answers 表格: an application / entry / order form 申请/报名表；订货单 (especially BrE) to fill in a form 填表 (especially NAmE) to fill out a form 填表 I filled in / out a form on their website. 我在他们的网站上填了一张表。 to complete a form 填表 (BrE) a booking form 预订单 (NAmE) a reservation form 预订单 SHAPE 形状 4. [C] the shape of sb / sth; a person or thing of which only the shape can be seen 形状；体形: her slender form 她苗条的身段 The human form has changed little over the last 30 000 years. 3 万多年以来,人的体形没有多大变化。 They made out a shadowy form in front of them. 他们隐约认出了前面的模糊人影。 ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS 结构 5. [U] the arrangement of parts in a whole, especially in a work of art or piece of writing (尤指艺术作品或文章的)结构,形式: In a novel form and content are equally important. 小说的形式和内容同样重要。 BEING FIT / HEALTHY 健壮；健康 6. [U] (BrE) how fit and healthy sb is; the state of being fit and healthy 体能；良好的健康状态: After one months' training the whole team is in superb form. 经过半年的训练,全队状态极佳。 I really need to get back in form. 我实在需要恢复状态。 The horse was clearly out of form. 这匹马显然状态不佳。 PERFORMANCE 表现 7. [U] how well sb / sth is performing; the fact that sb / sth is performing well 表现状态；良好表现: Midfielder Elliott has shown disappointing form recently. 中场队员埃利奥特近来表现令人失望。 On current / present form the party is heading for another election victory. 就该党目前情况来看,下届选举又会胜利。 She signalled her return to form with a convincing victory. 她令人信服的胜利显示她已恢复状态。 He's right on form (= performing well) as a crazy science teacher in his latest movie. 他在最近的一部电影中扮演疯狂的理科教师,表现出色。 The whole team was on good form and deserved the win. 全队表现良好,获胜是理所当然的。 She was in great form (= happy and cheerful and full of energy) at the wedding party. 在婚宴上她欢欣雀跃。 WAY OF DOING THINGS 做事方式 8. [U, C] (especially BrE) the usual way of doing sth 惯常做法；常规；习俗: What's the form when you apply for a research grant? 申请科研补助金按常规应该怎么办？ conventional social forms 常规社会习俗 True to form (= as he usually does) he arrived an hour late. 他和往常一样迟到了一小时。 Partners of employees are invited as a matter of form. 按惯例,雇员的配偶受到了邀请。 9. [U] good / bad ~ (old-fashioned, BrE) the way of doing things that is socially acceptable / not socially acceptable 礼貌；礼节 OF WORD 单词 10. [C] a way of writing or saying a word that shows, for example, if it is plural or in a particular tense 词形；形式: the infinitive form of the verb 动词不定式 IN SCHOOL 学校 11. (BrE, old-fashioned) a class in a school 年级: Who's your form teacher? 你们年级的老师是谁？ ⇨ see also sixth form 12. -former (in compounds 构成复合词) (BrE, old-fashioned) a student in the form mentioned at school …年级学生: a third-former 三年级学生 ⇨ see also sixth-former IDIOMS ▪ take 'form (formal) to gradually form into a particular shape; to gradually develop 逐渐成形；渐渐发展: In her body a new life was taking form. 一个新的生命在她的体内逐渐形成。 ⇨ more at shape n. verbSTART TO EXIST 开始存在 1. (especially of natural things 尤指自然事物) to begin to exist and gradually develop into a particular shape; to make sth begin to exist in a particular shape (使)出现,产生: ▪ [V] Flowers appeared, but fruits failed to form. 开了花,但没有结果。 Storm clouds are forming on the horizon. 天边出现了暴雨云。 ▪ [VN] These hills were formed by glaciation. 这些山丘是冰川作用形成的。 2. to start to exist and develop; to make sth start to exist and develop (使)形成: ▪ [V] A plan formed in my head. 一个计划在我的头脑中形成。 ▪ [VN] I formed many close friendships at college. 我大学时结交了许多密友。 I didn't see enough of the play to form an opinion about it. 我对这部戏剧了解得不够,说不出什么意见。 ⇨ note at make MAKE SHAPE / FORM 使成形 3. [VN] [often passive] ~ sth (into sth) | ~ sth (from / of sth) to produce sth in a particular way or make it have a particular shape (使)成形,组成；制作: Form the dough into balls with your hands. 用手把生麪团揉成一些球团。 Bend the wire so that it forms a 'V'. 把铁丝弯成 V 形。 Rearrange the letters to form a new word. 重新排列字母,组成另一单词。 Games can help children learn to form letters. 游戏可以帮助儿童学会组合字母。 Do you know how to form the past tense? 你知道怎样构成过去时吗？ The chain is formed from 136 links. 这根链条由 136 个环组成。 4. ~ (sb / sth) (up) (into sth) to move or arrange objects or people so that they are in a group with a particular shape; to become arranged in a group like this (使)排列成,排成: ▪ [VN] to form a line / queue / circle 排成一行/长列/圈 First get students to form groups of four. 首先让学生分成四人一组。 ▪ [V] Queues were already forming outside the theatre. 剧院外已经在排队了。 The teams formed up into lines. 各队已整好了队。 HAVE FUNCTION / ROLE 功能；作用 5. [VN] to have a particular function or pattern 有…功能；有…模式: The trees form a natural protection from the sun's rays. 树木起天然的保护作用,遮挡了阳光的照射。 6. linking verb [V-N] to be sth 是；成为: The castle forms the focal point of the city. 这座城堡是城市的中心。 The survey formed part of a larger programme of research. 这个调查是研究计划的一部份。 These drawings will form the basis of the exhibition. 这些画作将成为展览的基本部份。 ORGANIZATION 组织 7. to start a group of people, such as an organization, a committee, etc.; to come together in a group of this kind 组织；建立: ▪ [VN] They hope to form the new government. 他们希望组建新政府。 He formed a band with some friends from school. 他和来自学校的一些朋友组成一支乐队。 a newly-formed political party 新建立的政党 ▪ [V] The band formed in 2003. 这支乐队成立于 2003 年。 HAVE INFLUENCE ON 影响 8. [VN] to have an influence on the way that sth develops 对…的发展有影响 SYN mould :
Positive and negative experiences form a child's character. 正反两方面的经历都影响儿童性格的形成。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English form noun 1 type of sth/way of doing sth ADJ. common Strikes are the most common form of industrial protest. | extreme an extreme form of socialism | pure In its purest form, the substance is highly explosive. | complex, simple | mild | virulent a virulent form of flu | early, final an early form of bicycle The document was edited before being circulated in its final form. | art, literary, musical Story-telling has acquired the status of an art form. | life primitive life forms at the bottom of the sea | digital, electronic The data is stored in digital form. | graphic, tabular The results of the survey are shown below in tabular form. | liquid VERB + FORM take Bullying can take many forms. PREP. in … ~ The gas is stored in liquid form. | in the ~ of These costs were passed on to the tenants in the form of higher rents. | ~ of Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise. PHRASES in any shape or form The company will not tolerate discrimination in any shape or form. | in some form or other We spend most of our time communicating in some form or other. 2 shape ADJ. human paintings of the human form | adult VERB + FORM alter, change a mythical creature that could change its form | assume, take on a god who could take on human form PREP. in a/the ~ Two weeks later the moth will emerge in its adult form. 3 piece of paper with questions on it ADJ. application, booking, entry, order VERB + FORM complete, fill in/out Please complete the application form and return it to us. | sign | return 4 strength/fitness ADJ. fine, good | poor | current, present VERB + FORM maintain The team is hoping that it can maintain its current form. PREP. in ~ She was in fine form for the tournament. Barcelona are the team in form. | off ~ Her recent illness possibly explains why she was off form in this race. | on (sb's) ~ He'll be a difficult opponent to beat; he's really on form today. On his present form it seems likely that he will win the match. | out of ~ The team was out of form and did not play as well as expected. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 outward appearance of something as distinguished from the substance of which it is made FF1C;the carefully graded form of the curvesFF1E; Synonyms: cast, configuration, conformation, figure, shape Related Words: contour, outline, profile, silhouette; anatomy, framework, skeleton, structure; economy, organism, scheme, system 2 conduct regulated by an external control (as custom or a formal protocol of procedure) FF1C;observing the forms of polite societyFF1E; Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremony, formality, liturgy, rite, ritual Related Words: procedure, proceeding, process; custom, habit, practice, usage; canon, law, precept, regulation, rule; method, mode; decorum, etiquette, propriety 3 a fixed or accepted way of doing or sometimes of expressing something FF1C;good form in swimmingFF1E; Synonyms: convenance, convention, usage Related Words: fashion, manner, mode, style, way n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: MAKE 3, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, manufacture, mold, produce, shape Related Words: devise; create, invent; turn out; design, plan, plot, project, scheme; establish, found, organize Contrasted Words: demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck 2 Synonyms: DEVELOP 4, acquire 3 Synonyms: CONSTITUTE 1, compose, comprise, make, make upWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: inside form , or involution form , or key form , or art form , or l-form , or life-form , or linguistic form , or loan form , or major form class , or negative form , or normal form , or open form , or outer form , or outside form , or penitent-form , or perfect form , or band form , or positive form , or prenex normal form , or principal form , or racing form , or re-form , or sixth form , or skeleton form , or slip form , or solemn form , or sonata form , or song form , or speech form , or spray form , or statement form , or substantial form , or ternary form , or three-part form , or two-part form , or boat form , or wave form , or canonical form , or point-slope form , or quadratic form , or slope-intercept form , or brachy-form , or broad form , or form tool , or by-form , or chair form , or citation form , or closed form , or combining form , or common form , or absolute form , or construct form , or algebraic form , or crab form , or allegro form , or cycle form , or cyclical form, or definite quadratic form , or dress form , or endo-form , or eu-form , or fire-form , or first-movement form , or form on , or form- , or -form , or form block , or form board , or form class , or form critic , or form criticism , or form cutter , or form factor , or form genus , or form grinder , or form letter , or form line , or form master , or form of action , or form of address , or form of discourse , or form of forms , or form oil , or form quotient , or form species , or form up , or form word , or free form , or full-form insurance , or ground form , or growth form , or habitat form , or head form , or hesitation form , or indeterminate form , or inner formform I. \ˈfȯ(ə)rm, -ȯ(ə)m\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English forme, fourme, from Old French, from Latin forma, perhaps modification of Greek morphē; perhaps akin to Greek marmairein to flash, sparkle — more at morn 1. obsolete : image , representation 2. a. : the shape and structure of something as distinguished from the material of which it is composed < the carefully graded form of the curves > b. : a body especially of a human being as distinguished (1) by external appearance or (2) from the countenance or visage : figure < the dress displayed her form to advantage > c. archaic : pleasing external appearance : beauty < he had no form or comeliness — Isa 53:2 (Revised Standard Version) > 3. a. : the ideal or intrinsic character of anything or something that imposes this character; sometimes : a pattern or schema b. in metaphysics : the essential nature of a thing as distinguished from the matter in which this is embodied: as (1) in Platonic philosophy : a transcendent idea, universal essence, or subsistent entity (2) in Aristotelian or scholastic philosophy : the component of a thing that determines it in its kind or species : formal cause — often distinguished from matter (3) in Baconian philosophy : the basis constituting the condition for the existence of any given nature or quality (as density, heat, or color) c. in Kantian philosophy : one of the formative modes of perception and cognition regarded as a subjective factor molding reality as given in sensation into systematic experience especially as regards spatial and temporal order 4. a. obsolete : manner, method, or style (as of proceeding) b. : established method of expression or practice : fixed or formal way of proceeding : procedure according to rule or rote c. : a prescribed and usually set order of words : formula < the form of the marriage service in the prayer book > d. obsolete : recipe , prescription e. (1) : a printed or typed document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested specific information < a form for a deed > < be sure to fill all blanks on your tax form > (2) : a document of this kind which is attached to and forms an endorsement of a property insurance policy and in which is filled in a description of the property insured; broadly : such an endorsement containing alterations or modifications of the provisions of a standard policy 5. a. : conduct regulated by extraneous controls (as of custom or etiquette) : ceremony , conventionality , formality ; sometimes : show without substance : empty pretentious appearance or ceremony b. : a prescribed manner of behaving (as in society) < the rigid form of the imperial court > : an act of conduct or mode of precedure prescribed (as by custom or a code of etiquette) < the complex forms and taboos of the savage > : formality , ceremony , conventionality < knew all the forms for wooing a proper young miss > c. : manner or conduct as tested by a prescribed or accepted standard — used with a qualifying adjective < his behavior was often bad form > < such poor form is to be deplored > d. : manner or style of performing or accomplishing something especially when recognized standards of technique exist < he is a strong swimmer but weak on form > 6. a. : the resting place of a hare or occasionally of another animal b. : a long seat : joint stool, bench < seated on a low form against the wall > c. : a supporting frame model of the human figure or other device used for displaying merchandise in a store; also : a proportioned and often adjustable model for fitting clothes d. : something that holds, supports, and gives or determines shape; especially : a mold in which concrete is placed to set 7. obsolete a. : degree of quality, dignity, eminence, or excellence b. : a class or rank especially in society or official life 8. a. : the total combination of the letterpress matter imposed and locked up in a chase with the furniture, quoins, and the chase itself b. : set-up type < how to move forms from the galley to the stone > < wind the cord clockwise around the form > 9. a. : one of the different modes of existence, action, or manifestation of a particular thing or substance : kind , modification , species , variety < the diamond, graphite, and soot are allotropic forms of carbon > < the democratic form of government > < one form of respiratory disorder > < the form of vegetation typical of xerophytic areas > b. also for·ma \-mə\ : a botanical taxonomic category ranking below a variety and consisting of individuals that differ from those of related forms in one or very few characters < the discretiflorus form of the rush Juncus tenuis > also : a member of such a category c. : a distinguishable group of organisms — commonly used by zoologists to avoid taxonomic implications < the southern form of the hairy woodpecker > 10. a. : orderly arrangement or method of arrangement (as in the presentation of ideas) : manner of coordinating elements (as of an artistic production or course of reasoning); sometimes : a particular kind or instance of such arrangement < the sonnet is a poetical form > b. in logic (1) : the structure, pattern, or schema possessed in common by different logical statements especially as disclosed through the substitution of variables for different descriptive terms so that the manner in which the terms are interrelated becomes apparent (2) : the structure of an argument or an inference as symbolized by the use of variables (3) : the logical properties of a word, expression, or symbol as exhibited by its contribution to the logical form of statements in which it may properly occur c. : the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art; specifically : the combinations and relations to each other of various components (as lines, colors, and volumes in a visual work of art or themes and elaborations in an aural work of art) < form consists in a pattern of relationships that gives unity to a complex of perceptual elements — F.S.Haserot > — often contrasted with content d. : a relationship between or among elements of raw subject matter (as in a painting) which is sensed and made structural by the artist; also : a visible and measurable unit defined by a contour : a bounded surface or volume or a system of visible elements e. (1) : the structural pattern of a musical composition (2) : a specific type (as fugue, rondo, sonata) of such pattern 11. : a class or grade in a British secondary school or in certain American private schools — see sixth form 12. a. : the past performance of a race horse; often : a table giving details relating to a horse's past performance (as handicaps, jockeys, odds) used by bettors in making selections < a form sheet > < a racing form > < form players > b. : condition , fitness < preseason workouts to get in form for the regular season > often : known ability to perform < a batter off his form at the plate > < a musician playing at the top of his form > 13. : the combination of faces included under a general crystallographic symbol and necessary to satisfy the symmetry of the crystal < a single crystal often exhibits faces of two or more crystal forms which supplement one another or truncate one another's edges or corners > 14. a. : linguistic form b. : one of the different aspects a word may take as a result of inflection or change of spelling or pronunciation < obsolete, participial, or verbal forms > 15. mathematics : a rational integral homogeneous function of a set of variables 16. : the immature flower bud of the cotton plant 17. : book 1d(1)18. : the profile of a screw thread Synonyms: formality , ceremony , ceremonial , rite , ritual , liturgy : form is a general word and usually lacks any special connotation < there had been no fixed order for the coronation of an English king, and the form which was observed at Bath was reached only after … two experimental drafts — F.M.Stenton > < his inclinations toward the forms of the Church of England — G.H.Genzmer > < made his declaration in form — Jane Austen > Modified, as by good or bad, form indicates the degree of conformity to established usage or custom < it was accepted poetic good form that the lover, writing of his lady, should inventory her charms from top to toe — J.L.Lowes > < nothing could be worse form … than any display of temper in a public place — Edith Wharton > form may indicate a traditional or sanctioned procedure lacking force, significance, or real vitality < if congress remains at liberty to give this court appellate jurisdiction … the distribution of jurisdiction made in the Constitution is form without substance — John Marshall > formality applies either to a prescribed procedural detail, often one done perfunctorily and lacking in import, or to an attitude of punctilious, reserved stiffness < the first reading of a public bill is a formality and is in effect little more than information given to the House that the bill is on its way — R.M.Dawson > < the cold formality of the duchess's court > ceremony is likely to suggest dignified, impressive, elaborate, or punctilious performance of actions ranging from those of deep spiritual significance to little everyday courtesies or routine actions < the ceremonies at the investiture of a pope > < ceremonies in honor of the martyred king > < the beauty of an inherited courtesy of manners, of a thousand little ceremonies flowing out of the most ordinary relations and observances of life — Laurence Binyon > ceremonial , occasionally a synonym for ceremony , is more likely to suggest a system or code of prescribed ceremonies < the gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court — W.H.Prescott > rite indicates the prescribed speech and action of a special formal occasion, especially a very significant or unusual one, an ordinary event treated as though of major importance, or an esoteric practice < had gone through this formality as resignedly as through all the others which made of a nineteenth century New York wedding a rite that seemed to belong to the dawn of history — Edith Wharton > < the semipagan rites peculiar to the burial of the dead in middle-class houses — Rudyard Kipling > < abhorred rites to Hecate in their obscured haunts — John Milton > ritual in its older sense indicates the totality of the rites of service or faith < the Roman ritual had always a great attraction for him — Oscar Wilde > More frequently today it designates any series of actions given an unusual importance and a prescribed order or manner < the ritual of asepsis today is the same the world over — Harvey Graham > < it was essential to reach a cave around the next headland where she would sit down facing the sea before she thought about anything — thus making a little ritual against despair — Audrey Barker > Where it is not an equivalent for ritual or rite , liturgy may indicate the prescribed form for an act or session of worship as written and accepted < he [Henry VIII] insisted on … the maintenance of full ritual in the liturgy — Hilaire Belloc > Synonyms: figure , shape , conformation , configuration : form may suggest an appearance in which both clear outline and also structure and orderly disposition of details are presented or suggested < appearing in book form > < the republican form of government > < a sense of interdependence and interrelated unity that gave form to intellectual stirrings that had been previously inchoate — John Dewey > < school architecture throughout the state is highly specialized. Rigid state laws for heating, ventilation, and lighting offer little opportunity for variation on standard form — American Guide Series: New Jersey > figure is likely to call attention to outlines, to bounding, enclosing circumference or outer lines < a geometrical figure > < the figures of a dance > < the cloud figures in the sky — Sylvia Berkman > < the president rose to his great height, a somber, towering figure in black — Sir Winston Churchill > shape may sometimes suggest both outline and also content, mass, body, bulk, or detail < hat shapes of beaver, coon, otter, and other skins — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < the construction of a play sets up its shape, and builds its skeleton — John Van Druten > < the shape of an idea emerged gradually out of the fog of words — Ellen Glasgow > < whole stone logs are found, some wonderfully and delicately colored, in the shape of the Asiatic gingko tree — American Guide Series: Washington > conformation is usable in reference to whole complicated structure or to detailed arrangement or presentation < they failed to find any relation between altitude tolerance and body stature or conformation — H.G.Armstrong > < a culture acquires its conformation and specificity from the uniqueness of its institutions — Abram Kardiner > configuration is applicable to a detailed outline or statement of the nature and disposition or arrangement of various parts < he used to wake up and not know where he was, but the configurations of a dream could easily have taken on such a shape as this — the dining room of the Marlborough in the shadowy light of early morning — Hamilton Basso > < though the main street is wide and lined with stores, most of the others fit crookedly into the configurations of the valley — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > Synonyms: usage , convention , convenance : these nouns all have in common the sense of a fixed or accepted way of doing something. form can apply to a prescribed or approved way of behaving, method of procedure, or technique in any sphere of activity where correctness or uniformity of method or manner is thought essential < the forms of good conduct > < the forms of worship > < good form in swimming > < a form of address > usage implies the sanction of precedent or tradition, often designating a form preserved out of respect for a class, profession, or religion < descriptions of usages presuppose descriptions of uses, that is, ways or techniques of doing the thing the more or less widely prevailing practice of doing which constitutes the usage — Gilbert Ryle > < to bury in the first furrow certain fruits of a particular structure, such as figs, pomegranates, and locust beans, is a usage frequently observed — J.G.Frazer > convention , often interchangeable with form , especially in application to social behavior, stresses general agreement and therefore applies to some set way of doing or saying something that is sanctioned or believed to be sanctioned only by general unquestioning acceptance < this music followed conventions perfectly understood by the contemporaries — P.H.Lang > < certain parliamentary conventions which exist to supplement the rules of procedure — T.E.May > < this genius who was too wild and elemental ever to conform to any aesthetic convention — H.M.Ledig-Rowohlt > convenance , a literary term still retaining some of its character as a loanword, applies only to social conventions especially regarded as essential to propriety or decorum < disregarding the social convenances, continued to chatter on — R.H.Sampson > < the convenances of life — A.C.Benson > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English formen, fourmen, from Old French former, fourmer, from Latin formare, from forma, n. transitive verb 1. a. : to give form or shape to : frame , construct , make , fashion < man, formed of earth, to earth returns > < the skilled craftsman forms and finishes the rough stone to a thing of beauty > b. : to constitute by nominating or appointing individuals to governmental positions usually associated with membership in a cabinet or government < asked to form a new cabinet — M.S.Stewart > < was called upon to form a government — Kenneth Lawson > 2. a. : to give a particular shape to : shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition or after a particular model : arrange , adjust < form the paste into lozenges and roll them in sugar > < a state formed after the Roman republic > b. : to model by instruction and discipline : mold especially by influence < 'tis education forms the common mind — Alexander Pope > 3. : develop , acquire , contract < form a habit > 4. : to serve to make up or constitute : be a usually essential or basic element of < bonds formed the bulk of his estate > < her hat was formed of feathers > 5. a. : to treat (plates) for use in an electrical storage battery by coating the positive plate with lead dioxide and the negative plate with spongy lead b. : to treat (mercury arc rectifiers) to remove all moisture and gas after a period of idleness or after opening the tank 6. a. : to have (as a tense) expressed < forms the past tense in -ed > b. : to combine to make (a compound word) c. : to make up : constitute < form a clause or sentence > 7. : to arrange in order : draw up < the battalion advanced as soon as its lines were formed > 8. : to bend or stretch (metal) to conform to the shape of a die or other tool intransitive verb 1. : to become formed or shaped < a clot formed gradually over the cut > 2. : to take form : come into existence : arise < popular protest formed steadily > < thunderheads were forming over the hills > 3. : to take on a definite form, shape, or arrangement < the infantry formed in columns > 4. of a hare : to run to or crouch in a form Synonyms: see make • - form on |
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