FORMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formed mean? 

• FORMED (adjective)
  The adjective FORMED has 1 sense:

1. having or given a form or shape

  Familiarity information: FORMED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or given a form or shape

Similar:

perfected ((of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed)

molded; shaped; wrought (shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort))

slipper-shaped (shaped in the form of a slipper)

saddle-shaped (shaped in the form of a horse's saddle)

rudder-like (formed like and serving like a rudder)

ribbon-shaped (shaped in the form of a ribbon)

precast (of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation)

pitcher-shaped (shaped in the form of a pitcher)

phylliform (having the shape of a leaf)

spade-like; spade-shaped (shaped in the form of a spade)

paddle-shaped (shaped in the form of a paddle)

oven-shaped (shaped like an oven)

nutmeg-shaped (shaped like a nutmeg)

navicular; scaphoid (shaped like a boat)

lyre-shaped (shaped like a lyre)

L-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter L)

lip-shaped (shaped in the form of a lip)

lancet-shaped (shaped in the form of a lancet)

trumpet-shaped (shaped in the form of a trumpet)

Y-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter Y)

W-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter W)

v-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter V)

vermiform; worm-shaped (resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical)

vase-shaped (shaped in the form of a vase)

U-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter U)

umbrella-shaped (shaped in the form of an umbrella)

turnip-shaped (shaped in the form of a turnip)

lance-shaped (shaped like a lance)

thimble-shaped (shaped in the form of a thimble)

tadpole-shaped (shaped in the form of a tadpole)

T-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter T)

tassel-shaped (shaped like a tassel)

stirrup-shaped (shaped in the form of a stirrup)

s-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter S)

spoon-shaped (shaped in the form of a spoon)

spider-shaped (shaped in the form of a spider)

boot-shaped (shaped like a boot)

club-shaped (shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards)

club-shaped (shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end)

claw-shaped (shaped like a claw)

catenulate; chainlike (having a chainlike form)

button-shaped (shaped like a button)

butterfly-shaped (shaped like a butterfly)

botuliform (shaped like a sausage)

bottle-shaped (shaped like a bottle)

cowl-shaped (shaped like a cowl)

biform (having or combining two forms)

belt-shaped (shaped like a belt)

basket-shaped (shaped like a basket)

bar-shaped (shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood)

bag-shaped (shaped like a bag)

bacillar; bacillary; bacilliform; baculiform; rod-shaped (formed like a bacillus)

awl-shaped (shaped like an awl)

acorn-shaped (shaped like an acorn)

funnel-shaped (shaped in the form of a funnel)

keel-shaped (shaped in the form of the keel of a boat)

H-shaped (shaped in the form of the letter H)

hourglass-shaped (shaped in the form of an hourglass)

horn-shaped (shaped in the form of a horn)

hook-shaped (shaped in the form of a hook)

harp-shaped (shaped in the form of a harp)

hammer-shaped (shaped in the form of a hammer)

guitar-shaped (shaped in the form of a guitar)

ductile; malleable; pliable; pliant; tensile; tractile (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out)

football-shaped (shaped in the form of a football)

foot-shaped (shaped in the form of a foot)

fig-shaped (shaped in the form of a fig)

fan-shaped (shaped in the form of a fan)

eel-shaped (shaped in the form of an eel)

drum-like; drum-shaped (shaped in a form resembling a drum)

die-cast (formed by forcing molten metal into a die)

cross-shaped (shaped in the form of a cross)

Antonym:

unformed (not having form or shape)

 Context examples 

Some of the world's most exquisite fossil beds were formed millions of years ago during time periods when Earth's oceans were largely without oxygen.

(Fossils may need air to form, National Science Foundation)

Next, the northern area formed, while the southern region is the youngest.

(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)

He has told me I am formed for labour—not for love: which is true, no doubt.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The clouds of dust, which resemble flames in the VISIR image, are formed when the star sheds its material back into space.

(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)

An inflammatory process characterized by the accumulation of pus within a newly formed tissue cavity which is the result of a bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection or the presence of a foreign body.

(Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)

From where we lay we could look down a brown aisle, arched with green, formed by the trunks and branches.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A compound formed by mixing different substances together; an ingredient added in small quantity.

(Admixture, NCI Thesaurus)

They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing, and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures, with all the eagerness of real taste.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

There are 3 potential products that are formed depending on which BCR exon has the breakpoint.

(BCR/ABL1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Substance formed when red blood cells are broken down.

(Bilirubin, NCI Dictionary)