Definition of Formed
1. Adjective. Having or given a form or shape.
Similar to: Ductile,
Malleable,
Pliable,
Pliant,
Tensile,
Tractile,
Acorn-shaped,
Awl-shaped,
Bacillar,
Bacillary,
Bacilliform,
Baculiform,
Rod-shaped,
Bag-shaped,
Bar-shaped,
Basket-shaped,
Belt-shaped,
Biform,
Boot-shaped,
Bottle-shaped,
Botuliform,
Butterfly-shaped,
Button-shaped,
Catenulate,
Chainlike,
Claw-shaped,
Club-shaped,
Club-shaped,
Cowl-shaped,
Cross-shaped,
Die-cast,
Drum-like,
Drum-shaped,
Eel-shaped,
Fan-shaped,
Fig-shaped,
Foot-shaped,
Football-shaped,
Funnel-shaped,
Guitar-shaped,
Hammer-shaped,
Harp-shaped,
Hook-shaped,
Horn-shaped,
Hourglass-shaped,
H-shaped,
Keel-shaped,
Lance-shaped,
Lancet-shaped,
Lip-shaped,
L-shaped,
Lyre-shaped,
Navicular,
Scaphoid,
Nutmeg-shaped,
Oven-shaped,
Paddle-shaped,
Perfected,
Phylliform,
Pitcher-shaped,
Precast,
Ribbon-shaped,
Rudder-like,
Saddle-shaped,
Slipper-shaped,
Molded,
Shaped,
Wrought,
Spade-like,
Spade-shaped,
Spider-shaped,
Spoon-shaped,
S-shaped,
Stirrup-shaped,
Tassel-shaped,
T-shaped,
Tadpole-shaped,
Thimble-shaped,
Trumpet-shaped,
Turnip-shaped,
Umbrella-shaped,
U-shaped,
Vase-shaped,
Vermiform,
Worm-shaped,
V-shaped,
W-shaped,
Y-shapedAntonyms: Unformed Definition of Formed
1. a. Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.
Definition of Formed
1. Verb. (past of form) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Formed
1. form [v] - See also: form
Medical Definition of Formed
1.
1. Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.
2. Having structure; capable of growth and development; organised; as, the formed or organised ferments.
Formed material, a term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formed
Literary usage of Formed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... until,1 on the return of Rummer, tho Corinthians sent ships and an army, in
consequence of tho distress of their allies, and formed an encampment oh ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"stone, and the cist thus formed had been covered with jagged fragments of rock,
over which earth was spread. This doll-like carving of antler is considered ..."
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