🗂️ A type or kind 🔷 Shape or structure 📄 A document 👥 To create a group ☁️ To take shape 🦠 A variant group 👐 To make or shape 🏅 Performance level 🌊 To make up 🧠 To establish 🔤 Word shape 👩‍🎓 A student group 🧍 A mannequin 🧱 A mold or frame

form

12 6.8

A life-size model of a human used to show clothes

noun
/fɔrm/

: maniquí

I then put the jacket on the dress form and try to check if it already was enough of stability and stiffness, but of course it wasn't.

And a lot of these adjustable dress forms don't have a center front.

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Examples

It's made to fit a dress form and then they size up or size down from there.

The Financial Diet
But you would do this on your dress form or on the client itself.
And not just any dress form, a dress form that is tuned to your body.
There was a dress form standing in the corner, small and bosomy.

Fiction book (1990)
Using the grant dollars, the organization purchased grid wall, hanging fixtures, and body forms to merchandise the walls of the store.

Academic text (2012)
Hilary couldn't help admiring Will's white-aproned form, the apron wrapped tightly around his body.

Fiction book (1996)
The tailor adjusted the measurements on the dress form to ensure a perfect fit for the gown.
I placed the fabric on the dress form to visualize how it would look when finished.
Using a dress form allows designers to see how the garment drapes on a human-like shape.

Synonyms

dummy

vsform

73 4.5

A life-size model of a person used to show clothes, practice medical care, or test crashes

is used mainly for showing and fitting clothes in shops rather than other tasks

mannequin

vsform

33 4.6

A life-size model of a person used to show or fit clothes in shops

is often torso-shaped rather than a full body figure

manikin

vsform

1 7.5

A life-size model of a person used to show or fit clothes

is limited to shop display and garment fitting rather than training uses

mannikin

vsform

8.1

A life-size dummy used to show clothes in shops

is often torso-shaped rather than a full figure

Idioms

true to form

Informal

9 4.1

Happening or acting in the usual way as before

in rare form

Informal

4 7.6

Doing something much better than usual with extra energy

in no way, shape, or form

3 5.6

It is not true or possible in any way

to return to form

1 4.6

Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline

Compounds

life form

127 2.8

A plant, an animal, or a tiny organism

art form

55 3.2

A particular type of art, like music, painting, or dance

life form

Specialized

37 3.4

The physical shape and parts of a plant or animal

tax form

Formal

12 2.8

An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax

application form

8 2.0

A document with questions to fill in when you apply for a job or a course

order form

6 2.0

A printed or online page you fill to ask for goods and services

form letter

5 3.2

A letter sent to many people with the same text

requisition form

Formal

4 4.1

An official paper you use to ask for supplies or services from an organization

claim form

Formal

3 2.9

A document you fill in to ask for money back from an insurance company

good form

3 4.9

Polite behavior people expect in social situations

free-form

2 5.3

A work that does not follow fixed rules or structure

form of address

1 3.4

A way of speaking used when you talk to someone to show their title or relationship

free form

Specialized

1 6.5

A small part of language that can be a whole word

plural form

1 1.6

A change in a word that shows more than one person or thing

citation form

Texting

1 7.5

The basic form of a word that a dictionary lists

verse form

Literature

1 7.0

A type of poem with a set number of lines and rhythm like a sonnet or haiku

bound form

Specialized

9.6

A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked

combining form

Specialized

8.1

A small word part from Greek or Latin that appears only inside longer words

baking form

2.6

A pan that holds batter or dough while it bakes

form book

Jargon

6.7

A record of past results and details about competitors that helps people decide bets

form class

Specialized

6.9

A group of words that do the same job in grammar, like a noun or verb

form division

Archaic

9.9

An old artificial group that scientists used to sort plants

form family

Specialized

9.9

A temporary group scientists use for plants or animals when it is not clear how they are related

form genus Rhizoctinia

Specialized

9.9

A group name for fungi seen only in their non-sexual stage, often causing plant disease

form genus

Specialized

9.9

A temporary group for living things, often fossils, whose relations to others are unclear

leaf form

5.6

The shape of a plant leaf that helps identify species

major form class

Specialized

7.7

A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence

imperative form

Specialized

4.4

A verb form used to give a command or request

plural form

Specialized

3.7

One translation used for different numbers, like one or many

telegraph form

Archaic

8.2

A printed form you use to write a telegram

singular form

Specialized

1.8

The form of a word used for one person or thing

sonata form

Specialized

8.6

A musical pattern with three main parts used at the start of many symphonies and sonatas

word form

Specialized

4.1

A written or spoken version of a word showing its grammar and sound

How Realistic

manikin

1 7.5

lay figure

Archaic

9.8

form

12 6.8

Surface Forms

form singular

forms plural

Etymology

Form comes from the Latin forma 'shape', and a shop or tailor 'form' is a model of the human 'shape' used to fit and show clothes, which is why it looks like a real body.