<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.</li><li>this quality as found in some individual object or body form.</li><li>something seen in outline, as in silhouette.</li><li>an imaginary form; phantom.</li><li>an assumed appearance; guise.</li><li>a particular or definite organized form or expression.</li><li>proper form; orderly arrangement.</li><li>condition or state of repair.</li><li>the collective conditions forming a way of life or mode of existence.</li><li>the figure, physique, or body of a person, especially of a woman.</li><li>something used to give form, as a mold or a pattern.</li><li>(Building Trades, Metalworking) a flanged metal beam or bar of uniform section, as a channel iron, I-beam, etc.</li><li>(Nautical) a ball, cone, drum, etc., used as a day signal, singly or in combinations, to designate a vessel at anchor or engaged in some particular operation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form.</li><li>to couch or express in words.</li><li>to adjust; adapt.</li><li>to direct (one's course, future, etc.).</li><li>to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform width after jointing.</li><li>to teach (a desired behavior) to a human or other animal by successively rewarding the actions that more and more closely approximate that behavior.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to come to a desired conclusion or take place in a specified way.</li><li>to assume a specific form.</li><li>to evolve or develop, especially favorably.</li><li>to improve one's behavior or performance to meet a required standard.</li><li>to get oneself into good physical condition.</li><li>(of longshoremen) to get into a line or formation in order to be assigned the day's work.</li></ul>