Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section III. Form
1. General Form

240. Form.

   NOUN:FORM, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, tournure [F.], outline, get-up [colloq.], trim, cut of one’s jib [colloq.]; stamp, type, cast, mold or mould; fashion; contour (outline) [See Outline]; structure [See Texture]; plasmature [obs.].
  FEATURE, lineament, turn; phase (aspect) [See Appearance]; posture, attitude, pose.
  [SCIENCE OF FORM] morphology.
  [SIMILARITY OF FORM] isomorphism; isomorph.
  FORMATION, figuration, efformation [rare]; forming &c. v.; sculpture; plasmation [rare].
   VERB:FORM, shape, figure, fashion, efform [rare], carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; roughhew, roughcast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick -, put- into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build (construct) [See Production].
   ADJECTIVE:FORMED &c. v.; structural, morphologic or morphological.
  SHAPELY, well-proportioned, symmetrical, well-made, well-formed, comely, trim, neat.
  [RECEIVING FORM] plastic, fictile; formative, impressible, creative.
  [GIVING FORM] plasmatic, plasmic; protoplasmic.
  [SIMILAR IN FORM] isomorphic, isomorphous.