Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 240 (Form)

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#240. Form. -- 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 &c. (outline) 230; structure &c. 329; plasmature[obs].

feature, lineament, turn; phase &c. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose.

[Science of form] morphism.

[Similarity of form] isomorphism.

forming &c. v.; formation, figuration, efformation[obs]; sculpture; plasmation[obs].

V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform[obs], 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 &c. (construct) 161.

Adj. formed &c. v.

[Receiving form] plastic, fictile[obs]; formative; fluid.

[Giving form] plasmic[obs].

[Similar in form] isomorphous.

[taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c. 149.