1.  form(n = noun.communication) descriptor, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
is a kind of word
has particulars: plural, plural form, singular, singular form, ghost word, base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme, etymon, root, citation form, entry word, main entry word, abbreviation, acronym

2.  form(n = noun.cognition) kind, sort, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
is a kind of category
has particulars: description, type, antitype, art form, style, flavor, flavour, color, colour, species, genus, brand, make, genre, ilk, like, manner, model, stripe, like, the like, the likes of

3.  form(n = noun.cognition) pattern, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
is a kind of structure
is a part of percept, perception, perceptual experience
has particulars: fractal, gestalt, grid, kaleidoscope, mosaic, strand
Derived form verb form₄

4.  form(n = noun.attribute) configuration, conformation, contour, shape - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
has particulars: keenness, sharpness, bluntness, dullness, topography, lobularity, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, angularity, narrowing, curvature, curve, roundness, straightness, crookedness, stratification

5.  form(n = noun.body) anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
is a kind of body, organic structure, physical structure
is a part of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, homo, human, human being, man
has particulars: person, juvenile body, adult body, male body, female body

6.  form(n = noun.tops) shape - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
is a kind of attribute
has particulars: solid, plane, sheet, natural shape, flair, flare, figure, line, angular shape, angularity, round shape, distorted shape, distortion, amorphous shape, connection, connexion, link, circle, square, triangle, column, pillar, tower, plume

7.  form(n = noun.attribute) cast, shape - the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
is a kind of appearance, visual aspect

8.  form(n = noun.communication) - a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"
is a kind of document, papers, written document
has parts: blank space, place, space
has particulars: application form, claim form, order form, questionnaire, requisition, requisition form, tax form, telegraph form

9.  form(n = noun.group) strain, var., variant - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
is a kind of taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group
is a member of species

10.  form(n = noun.communication) - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
is a kind of genre, literary genre, writing style
has particulars: versification
Derived form verb form₂

11.  form(n = noun.attribute) - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
is a kind of fashion, manner, mode, style, way

12.  form(n = noun.state) phase - (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
is a kind of state, state of matter
has particulars: dispersed particles, dispersed phase, dispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium

13.  form(n = noun.group) class, course, grade - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
is a kind of assemblage, gathering
has particulars: master class, discussion section, section

14.  form(n = noun.attribute) - an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
is a kind of ability

15.  form(n = noun.artifact) manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin - a life-size dummy used to display clothes;
is a kind of dummy

16.  form(n = noun.artifact) - a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
is a kind of cast, mold, mould
Derived forms verb form₄, verb form₅

1.  form(v = verb.social) organise, organize - create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
is one way to create, make
Derived forms noun formation₃, noun formation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

2.  form(v = verb.stative) constitute, make - to compose or represent:; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
is one way to be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent
Derived form noun form₁₀
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

3.  form(v = verb.stative) spring, take form, take shape - develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
is one way to become
Derived form noun formation₇
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

4.  form(v = verb.change) shape - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun form₁₆, noun form₃, noun formation₂, noun formation₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  form(v = verb.creation) forge, mold, mould, shape, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Derived forms noun form₁₆, noun formation₃, noun formation₂, noun formation₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

6.  form(v = verb.social) imprint - establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
is one way to act upon, influence, work
Derived form adjective formative₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something on somebody

7.  form(v = verb.change) - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
is one way to change
Sample sentences: Something ----s

1.  The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. [1913 Webster]
"The form of his visage was changed." [1913 Webster]
"And woven close close, both matter, form, and style." [1913 Webster]

2.  Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government. [1913 Webster]

3.  Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. [1913 Webster]
"Those whom form of laws
Condemned to die." [1913 Webster]

4.  Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form. [1913 Webster]
"Though well we may not pass upon his life
Without the form of justice." [1913 Webster]

5.  Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty. [1913 Webster]
"The earth was without form and void." [1913 Webster]
"He hath no form nor comeliness." [1913 Webster]

6.  A shape; an image; a phantom. [1913 Webster]

7.  That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model. [1913 Webster]

8.  A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

9.  The seat or bed of a hare. [1913 Webster]
"As in a form sitteth a weary hare." [1913 Webster]

10.  The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. [1913 Webster]

11.  The boundary line of a material object. In (painting), more generally, the human body. [1913 Webster]

12.  The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms. [1913 Webster]

13.  The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. [1913 Webster]

14.  That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law. [1913 Webster]

15.  Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of. [1913 Webster]

16.  The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant. [1913 Webster]

1.  To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion. [1913 Webster]
"God formed man of the dust of the ground." [1913 Webster]
"The thought that labors in my forming brain." [1913 Webster]

2.  To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train. [1913 Webster]
"'T is education forms the common mind." [1913 Webster]
"Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind." [1913 Webster]

3.  To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part. [1913 Webster]
"The diplomatic politicians . . . who formed by far the majority." [1913 Webster]

4.  To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9. [1913 Webster]
"The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers." [1913 Webster]

5.  To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes. [1913 Webster]

6.  To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition 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 now the plates or grids are 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.  To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column. [1913 Webster]

2.  To run to a form, as a hare. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

form, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a shape; an arrangement of parts. b the outward aspect (esp. apart from colour) or shape of a body.
2 a person or animal as visible or tangible (the familiar form of the postman).
3 the mode in which a thing exists or manifests itself (took the form of a book).
4 a species, kind, or variety.
5 a a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted. b a regularly drawn document.
6 esp. Brit. a class in a school.
7 a customary method; what is usually done (common form).
8 a set order of words; a formula.
9 behaviour according to a rule or custom.
10 (prec. by the) correct procedure (knows the form).
11 a (of an athlete, horse, etc.) condition of health and training (is in top form). b Racing details of previous performances.
12 general state or disposition (was in great form).
13 sl. a criminal record.
14 formality or mere ceremony.
15 Gram. a one of the ways in which a word may be spelt or pronounced or inflected. b the external characteristics of words apart from meaning.
16 arrangement and style in literary or musical composition.
17 Philos. the essential nature of a species or thing.
18 a long bench without a back.
19 esp. US Printing = FORME.
20 a hare's lair.
21 = FORMWORK.
--v.
1 tr. make or fashion into a certain shape or form.
2 intr. take a certain shape; be formed.
3 tr. be the material of; make up or constitute (together form a unit; forms part of the structure).
4 tr. train or instruct.
5 tr. develop or establish as a concept, institution, or practice (form an idea; formed an alliance; form a habit).
6 tr. (foll. by into) embody, organize.
7 tr. articulate (a word).
8 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) esp. Mil. bring or be brought into a certain arrangement or formation.
9 tr. construct (a new word) by derivation, inflection, etc.

Idiom:
bad form an offence against current social conventions. form class Linguistics a class of linguistic forms with grammatical or syntactical features in common. form criticism textual analysis of the Bible etc. by tracing the history of its content by forms (e.g. proverbs, myths). form letter a standardized letter to deal with frequently occurring matters. good form what complies with current social conventions. in form fit for racing etc. off form not playing or performing well. on form playing or performing well. out of form not fit for racing etc.

Etymology:
ME f. OF forme f. L forma mould, form

N  method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.

N  state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.

N  copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

VB  be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.

VB  enter into, enter into the composition of, be a component, be part of, form part of, merge in, be merged in, be implicated in, share in, belong to, appertain to, combine, inhere in, unite, form, make, constitute, compose.

VB  be in order, become in order, form, fall in, draw up, arrange itself, range itself, place itself, fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank, rally round, adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.

VB  reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

N  precept, direction, instruction, charge, prescript, prescription, recipe, receipt, golden rule, maxim, rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation, form, formula, formulary, technicality, canon law, norm, order.

VB  be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out, lapse, shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as, melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make, render, mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.

N  legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.

VB  produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.

N  beauty, the beautiful, to kalon, le beau ideal, aesthetics, callaesthetics, pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry, comeliness, fairness, polish, gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure, trigness, bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence, sublimity, sublimification, concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus, peacock, butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of, bijou, jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower, pleasurableness, beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics, beauty, hunk (of men), beautiful, beauteous, handsome, gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate, dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly, bonny, good-looking, well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well- proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical, harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly, dapper, tight, jimp, gimp, janty, jaunty, trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked, rosy, ruddy, blooming, in full bloom, brilliant, shining, beamy, beaming, sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing, glossy, sleek, rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious, artistic, artistical, aesthetic, picturesque, pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious, enchanting becoming, ornamental, undeformed, undefaced, unspotted, spotless, auxilium non leve vultus habet, beauty born of murmuring sound, flowers preach to us if we will hear, gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, none but the brave deserve the fair, thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty.

N  rite, ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial, ordinance, observance, function, duty, form, formulary, solemnity, sacrament, incantation, service, psalmody, ministration, preaching, preachment, predication, sermon, homily, lecture, discourse, pastoral, baptism, christening, chrism, circumcision, baptismal regeneration, font, confirmation, imposition of hands, laying on of hands, ordination, excommunication, Bar Mitzvah, Bas Mitzvah, Bris, Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion, the sacrament, the holy sacrament, celebration, high celebration, missa cantata, asperges, offertory, introit, consecration, consubstantiation, transubstantiation, real presence, elements, mass, high mass, low mass, dry mass, matrimony, burial, visitation of the sick, seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession, maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes, penance, telling of beads, processional, thurification, incense, holy water, aspersion, relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax, pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera, eileton, Holy Grail, prayer machine, prayer wheel, Sangraal, urceus, ritualism, ceremonialism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, ritualist, sabbatarian, holyday, feast, fast, Sabbath, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Passion week, Holy week, Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide, agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas, All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day, Ramadan, Ramazan, Bairam Passover, Shabuoth, Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, Rosh Hashana, New Year, Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights, Purim, Feast of lots, ritual, ritualistic, ceremonial, baptismal, eucharistical, paschal, what art thou, thou idol ceremony?.

N  fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society, good society, polite society, monde, drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court, world, fashionable world, gay world, Vanity Fair, show, manners, breeding, air, demeanor, savoir faire, gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_eance, conventions of society, Mrs, Grundy, punctilio, form, formality, etiquette, point of etiquette, dress, custom, mode, vogue, go, rage, prevailing taste, fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word, man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world, height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion, arbiter elegantiarum, the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand, elite, smart set, the four hundred, in crowd, fashionable, in fashion, a la mode, comme il faut, admitted in society, admissible in society, presentable, conventional, genteel, well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike, civil, polite, polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly, distingue, unembarrassed, degage, janty, jaunty, dashing, fast, modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche, newfangled, all the rage, all the go, with it, in, faddish, in court, in full dress, in evening dress, en grande tenue, fashionably, for fashion's sake, a la francaise, a la parisienne, a l' anglaise, a l' americaine, autre temps autre mauers, chaque pays a sa guise.

N  support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

N  ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

N  form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.

VB  form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, 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.

VB  teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

N  learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.

application form, art form, bound form, change form, citation form, claim form, combining form, doubly transitive verb form, form class, form division, form family, form genus, form genus rhizoctinia, form letter, form of address, form of government, free form, good form, imperative form, intransitive verb form, leaf form, life form, major form class, order form, plural form, re form, requisition form, singular form, sixth form, sonata form, take form, tax form, telegraph form, transitive verb form, true to form, verse form, wave form, word form