n. 25B6; noun
the general form of the landscape 007C; form is less important than content : SHAPE, configuration, formation, structure, construction, arrangement, appearance, exterior, outline, format, layout, design.
the human form : BODY, shape, figure, stature, build, frame, physique, anatomy; informal vital statistics.
the infection takes different forms : MANIFESTATION, appearance, embodiment, incarnation, semblance, shape, guise.
sponsorship is a form of advertising : KIND, sort, type, class, classification, category, variety, genre, brand, style; species, genus, family.
put the mixture into a form : MOULD, cast, shape, matrix, die.
what is the form here? : ETIQUETTE, social practice, custom, usage, use, modus operandi, habit, protocol, procedure, rules, convention, tradition, fashion, style; formal praxis, wont.
you have to fill in a form : QUESTIONNAIRE, document, coupon, tear-off slip, paper.
what form is your daughter in? : CLASS, year; N. Amer. grade.
in top form : FITNESS, condition, fettle, shape, trim, health; Brit. informal nick.
(Brit.) a wooden form : BENCH, pew, stall.
content.
25B6; verb
the pads are formed from mild steel : MAKE, construct, build, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, put together; create, produce, concoct, devise, contrive, frame, fashion, shape.
he formed a plan : FORMULATE, devise, conceive, work out, think up, lay, draw up, put together, produce, fashion, concoct, forge, hatch, develop; informal dream up.
they plan to form a company : SET UP, establish, found, launch, float, create, bring into being, institute, start, get going, initiate, bring about, inaugurate.
a mist was forming : MATERIALIZE, come into being/existence, crystallize, emerge, spring up, develop; take shape, appear, loom, show up, become visible.
the horse may form bad habits : ACQUIRE, develop, get, pick up, contract, slip into, get into.
his men formed themselves into an arrowhead : ARRANGE, draw up, line up, assemble, organize, sort, order, range, array, dispose, marshal, deploy.
the parts of society form an integrated whole : COMPRISE, make, make up, constitute, compose, add up to.
the city formed a natural meeting point : CONSTITUTE, serve as, act as, function as, perform the function of, do duty for, make.
natural objects are most important in forming the mind of the child : DEVELOP, mould, shape, train, teach, instruct, educate, school, drill, discipline, prime, prepare, guide, direct, inform, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate; formal edify.
dissolve, disappear, break.
25A0; good form GOOD MANNERS, manners, polite behaviour, correct behaviour, convention, etiquette, protocol; informal the done thing.