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WordNet synsets.
According to WordNet, the noun "form" has 16 sense(s).
107092356 an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form".
105217168 alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak".
105839024 a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?".
106290637 the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached".
114480065 (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system".
105930736 a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them".