ALL meanings of misformed
form
M m - noun misformed external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form. 1
- noun misformed the shape of a thing or person. 1
- noun misformed a body, especially that of a human being. 1
- noun misformed a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing: a dressmaker's form. 1
- noun misformed something that gives or determines shape; a mold. 1
- noun misformed a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears: water in the form of ice. 1
- noun misformed the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition: a unique form for the novel. 1
- noun misformed Fine Arts. the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art. three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part. an object, person, or part of the human body or the appearance of any of these, especially as seen in nature: His work is characterized by the radical distortion of the human form. 1
- noun misformed any assemblage of things of a similar kind constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoological group. 1
- noun misformed Crystallography. the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry. 1
- noun misformed due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order. 1
- noun misformed Philosophy. the structure, pattern, organization, or essential nature of anything. structure or pattern as distinguished from matter. (initial capital letter) Platonism. idea (def 7c). Aristotelianism. that which places a thing in its particular species or kind. 1
- noun misformed Logic. the abstract relations of terms in a proposition, and of propositions to one another. 1
- noun misformed a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something. 1
- noun misformed a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document: a form for initiating new members. 1
- noun misformed a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars before it is executed: a tax form. 1
- noun misformed a typical document to be used as a guide in framing others for like cases: a form for a deed. 1
- noun misformed a conventional method of procedure or behavior: society's forms. 1
- noun misformed a formality or ceremony, often with implication of absence of real meaning: to go through the outward forms of a religious wedding. 1
- noun misformed procedure according to a set order or method. 1
- noun misformed conformity to the usages of society; formality; ceremony: the elaborate forms prevalent in the courts of renaissance kings. 1
- noun misformed procedure or conduct, as judged by social standards: Such behavior is very bad form. Good form demands that we go. 1
- noun misformed manner or method of performing something; technique: The violin soloist displayed tremendous form. 1
- noun misformed physical condition or fitness, as for performing: a tennis player in peak form. 1
- noun misformed Grammar. a word, part of a word, or group of words forming a construction that recurs in various contexts in a language with relatively constant meaning. Compare linguistic form. a particular shape of such a form that occurs in more than one shape. In I'm, 'm is a form of am. a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification. Goes is a form of go. 1
- noun misformed Linguistics. the shape or pattern of a word or other construction (distinguished from substance). 1
- noun misformed Building Trades. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc. 1
- noun misformed a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools: boys in the fourth form. 1
- noun misformed British. a bench or long seat. 1
- noun misformed Also, British, forme. Printing. an assemblage of types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from. 1
- verb with object misformed to construct or frame. 1
- verb with object misformed to make or produce. 1
- verb with object misformed to serve to make up; serve as; compose; constitute: The remaining members will form the program committee. 1
- verb with object misformed to place in order; arrange; organize. 1
- verb with object misformed to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind. 1
- verb with object misformed to contract or develop (habits, friendships, etc.). 1
- verb with object misformed to give form or shape to; shape; fashion. 1
- verb with object misformed to give a particular form or shape to; fashion in a particular manner: Form the dough into squares. 1
- verb with object misformed to mold or develop by discipline or instructions: The sergeant's job was to form boys into men. 1
- verb with object misformed Grammar. to make (a derivation) by some grammatical change: The suffix “-ly” forms adverbs from adjectives. to have (a grammatical feature) represented in a particular shape: English forms plurals in “-s”. 1
- verb with object misformed Military. to draw up in lines or in formation. 1
- verb without object misformed to take or assume form. 1
- verb without object misformed to be formed or produced: Ice began to form on the window. 1
- verb without object misformed to take a particular form or arrangement: The ice formed in patches across the window. 1