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(verb) give shape to; "form the clay into a head" |
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Related Words: alter, brecciate, bunch, bunch up, bundle, change, clump, cluster, cut out, flake, layer, reticulate, strickle, turn |
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Antonyms: deform |
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(verb) create, as of a social group or a company, for example |
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Synonyms: organize |
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Related Words: brigade, choose up, create, draw up, make, regiment, regroup, reorganize, syndicate |
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(verb) to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" |
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Synonyms: constitute, make |
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Related Words: add, be, chelate, comprise, conglobate, conglobe, constellate, constitute, make up, represent |
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(verb) develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" |
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Synonyms: spring, take form, take shape |
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Related Words: bead, become, regenerate |
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(noun) a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation" |
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Related Words: cast, mold, mould |
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(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" |
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Synonyms: cast, shape |
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Related Words: appearance, visual aspect |
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(noun) a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" |
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Related Words: fashion, manner, mode, style, way |
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(noun) an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night" |
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Related Words: ability |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: pattern, shape |
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Related Words: fractal, gestalt, mosaic, strand, structure |
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(noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" |
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Synonyms: word form |
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Related Words: abbreviation, acronym, base, citation form, entry word, etymon, ghost word, main entry word, plural, plural form, radical, root, root word, singular, singular form, stem, theme, word |
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(noun) a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form" |
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Related Words: application form, claim form, document, order form, papers, questionnaire, tax form, telegraph form, written document |
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(noun) an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first skethes the plot in outline form" |
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Related Words: genre, literary genre, writing style |
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(noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" |
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Synonyms: strain, var., variant |
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Related Words: taxon, taxonomic group |
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(noun) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
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Synonyms: shape |
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Related Words: amorphous shape, angular shape, angularity, attribute, circle, column, connection, connexion, distorted shape, distortion, figure, flare, line, link, natural shape, pillar, plane, round shape, sheet, solid, tower |
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(verb) cause to shape or form; "shape a bun"; "shape a ball from the dough" |
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Synonyms: shape |
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Related Words: alter, block, blow, change, circle, cone, crystallize, culminate, cup, deform, dimension, dish, distort, draw, encircle, fit, flatten, fork, grain, granulate, individuate, plume, ridge, roll, round, round off, round out, scallop, scollop, sliver, square, square up, strain, strike, terrace, tie, twist |
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(verb) make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form the dough into cylinders" |
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Synonyms: forge, mold, mould, shape |
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Related Words: beat, carve, cast, chip, coil, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, handbuild, hill, machine, model, mold, mould, mound, puddle, remold, reshape, roughcast, sculpt, sculpture, sinter, swage, throw, upset |
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(verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" |
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Synonyms: imprint |
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Related Words: act upon, influence |
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(noun) any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke" |
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Synonyms: configuration, contour, shape |
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Related Words: angularity, bluntness, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, crookedness, curvature, curve, dullness, dulness, keenness, lobularity, narrowing, roundness, sharpness, spatial property, spatiality, straightness, topography |
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(noun) a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" |
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Synonyms: class, grade |
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Related Words: English class, Sunday school class, assemblage, biology class, chemistry class, first grade, gathering, physics class |
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(noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
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Synonyms: kind, sort, variety |
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Related Words: antitype, art form, brand, category, description, flavor, flavour, genre, genus, ilk, make, manner, model, species, style, the like, the likes of, type, variety |
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(noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes |
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Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
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Related Words: dummy |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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Related Words: adult body, body, female body, juvenile body, male body, organic structure, person, physical structure |
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