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240. Form
Nouns
- form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour etc. (outline) S230; structure etc. S329; plasmature [obs3].
- feature, lineament, turn; phase etc. (aspect) S448; posture, attitude, pose.
- [Science of form] morphism.
- [Similarity of form] isomorphism.
- forming etc. v.; formation, figuration, efformation [obs3]; sculpture; plasmation [obs3].
Verbs
- form, shape, figure, fashion, efform [obs3], carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build etc. (construct) S161.
Adjectives
- formed etc. v.
- [Receiving form] plastic, fictile [obs3]; formative; fluid.
- [Giving form] plasmic [obs3].
- [Similar in form] isomorphous.
- [taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, etc. S149.