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Form and Develop

form

noun

  • The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.
    • usage: "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
  • A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
    • usage: "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there"
  • A perceptual structure.
    • usage: "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
  • Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline. )
    • usage: "he could barely make out their shapes"
  • Alternative names for the body of a human being.
    • usage: "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
  • The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.
    • usage: "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
  • The visual appearance of something or someone.
    • usage: "the delicate cast of his features"
  • A printed document with spaces in which to write.
    • usage: "he filled out his tax form"
  • Biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups. (
    • usage: "a new strain of microorganisms"
  • An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse.
    • usage: "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
  • A particular mode in which something is manifested.
    • usage: "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
  • 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)
    • usage: "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
  • A body of students who are taught together.
    • usage: "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • An ability to perform well.
    • usage: "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
  • A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
  • A mold for setting concrete.
    • usage: "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"

verb

  • Create (as an entity. )
    • usage: "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
  • (v.) ()
  • Develop into a distinctive entity.
    • usage: "our plans began to take shape"
  • Give shape or form to.
    • usage: "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
  • Make something, usually for a specific function.
    • usage: "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
  • Establish or impress firmly in the mind.
    • usage: "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
  • Assume a form or shape.
    • usage: "the water formed little beads"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
develop

verb

  • Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
    • usage: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
  • Work out.
    • usage: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • Gain through experience.
    • usage: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
  • Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
    • usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
  • Come into existence; take on form or shape.
    • usage: "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • Change the use of and make available or usable.
    • usage: "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
  • Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
    • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • Create by training and teaching.
    • usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
    • usage: "The plot developed slowly";
  • Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
    • usage: "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
  • Become technologically advanced.
    • usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  • Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
    • usage: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
  • Generate gradually.
    • usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • Grow emotionally or mature.
    • usage: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
  • Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
    • usage: "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
  • Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
    • usage: "Spassky developed quickly"
  • Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
    • usage: "develop the rook"
  • Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
    • usage: "develop the melody and change the key"
  • Happen.
    • usage: "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
  • Expand in the form of a series.
    • usage: "Develop the function in the following form"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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