The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. / A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. / Regularity, beauty, or elegance.

(transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure). / (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. / (intransitive) To take shape.

present participle of form

The act by which something is formed; formation.

Having the shape or form of; looking like.

Related to formic acid in some way.

Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something. / Capable of forming something. / (biology) Capable of producing new tissue. / (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.

(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

As a matter of form; formally. / Having good form; fit, performing well.

Alternative form of byform