Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.
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- verb Present participle of
form .
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Examples
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Then cast away _all_ the loathsome littleness which has rusted and fouled around you, and look at Nature as she literally _is_, in her naked beauty, conceiving and forming, quickening and warming into infinitely varied and lovely life, and then _forming_ once again with the strong and harsh influences of death, pain and decay.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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The film is continually suggesting trios; the ménage à trois is its underlying structure, from the title forming a threesome between the girls and the city, to the shifting romantic dynamics between the girls, Juan Antonio, and his wild, passionate ex-wife Maria Elena Penélope Cruz.
Archive 2008-08-01 Ed Howard 2008
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The film is continually suggesting trios; the ménage à trois is its underlying structure, from the title forming a threesome between the girls and the city, to the shifting romantic dynamics between the girls, Juan Antonio, and his wild, passionate ex-wife Maria Elena Penélope Cruz.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Ed Howard 2008
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She saw the expression forming on his face and hurried to kill it.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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She saw the expression forming on his face and hurried to kill it.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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She saw the expression forming on his face and hurried to kill it.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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The mountain Soevo, which he describes as forming a vast bay called Codanus, extending to the promontory of the Cimbri, is supposed by some to be the mountains that run along the Vistula on the eastern extremity of Germany, and by others to be that chain of mountains which commence at Gottenburgh.
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This process of forming a vernacular word by modifying, in a traditional manner, a technical word, exemplifies an oral folk process among people to whom literacy is supremely important.
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By that time I wonder how much toy makers and fast food joints had a hand in forming the characters.
The People vs George Lucas Lou Anders 2010
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The Republican Party had a hand in forming the NAACP, and yet we have mistreated that relationship.
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