Meaning of form | Babel Free

Definitions

1. form
   feminine
2. a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)
   feminine, masculine
3. shape, form (a human or animal's physical condition, especially in terms of endurance and athletic performance)
   feminine, masculine, physical
4. shape
   feminine
5. curves (the shape of a human, especially a woman's body)
   feminine, in-plural, masculine
6. a mould (e.g., for cast products)
   feminine
7. a shape, form (the way in which details, especially outer lines, are prepared, arranged, assembled into a harmonious whole)
   feminine, masculine
8. form (way of expressing oneself; way of acting)
   feminine, masculine
9. a form, design (the way in which something acts, is organized or manifests itself)
   feminine, masculine
10. a state (the physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
    feminine, masculine
11. a level below a species in the classification of organisms, where there is a less systematic variation between individuals of the same species
    feminine, masculine
12. a type, kind, form (a category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together)
    feminine, masculine
13. a form (an eternal type of thing or idea, especially in Plato's philosophy)
    feminine, masculine
14. the formal cause (the design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter, in Aristotelianism)
    feminine, masculine, natural
15. form (summary of the manifold, the material of experience, into unity in consciousness - especially in Kant's philosophy)
    feminine, masculine
16. a norm (a rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community)
    feminine, masculine
17. etiquette (the customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other)
    feminine, in-plural, masculine
18. a form (a grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech)
    feminine, masculine
19. a form, mold (a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)
    feminine, masculine
20. a printing form (an object, usually in the shape of a block or a plate, used in printing to apply ink on the printed surface)
    feminine, masculine
21. an extruder (a machine that extrudes material through shaped dies)
    feminine, masculine

Examples

“himlen virker af skyers flor et slør om jordens mægtigste form”

the sky works by the bloom of clouds a veil over the mightiest form of the earth

“hvilken ædel stil i værket! Og hvilken mægtighed der bor i formerne”

what a noble style in the work! And what power resides in the forms

“mosen la sig villig for skoene hans og tok form efter dem”

the moss lay willingly for his shoes and took shape after them

“skyene på himmelen … delte seg, fløt sammen igjen og dannet nye former”

the clouds in the sky… split, floated together again and formed new shapes

“[Platon slo seg ikke] tiltaals med de former, som naturen stiller frem for os”

[Plato did not strike himself] with the forms that nature presents to us

“munnens bevegelser, leppenes form, tennenes stilling”

the movements of the mouth, the shape of the lips, the position of the teeth

“det hendte at lengselen tok form inne i ham, i et syn som steg opp i ham”

it happened that the longing took shape inside him, in a vision that rose up in him

“[Ludwig Wittgensteins] etikk tok form tidlig og endret seg ikke grunnleggende”

[Ludwig Wittgenstein's] ethics took shape early and did not change fundamentally

“det var som enkeltceller at livet først tok form, i havet en gang for 3,5–4 milliarder år siden”

it was as single cells that life first took shape, in the ocean once 3.5–4 billion years ago

“anlegget i Sørvika begynner å ta form av en ubåthavn”

the facility in Sørvika is beginning to take the form of a submarine port

“nedbøren [hadde] tatt form av sludd”

the precipitation [had] taken the form of sleet

“langsomt fant forholdet sin form som vennskap”

slowly the relationship took shape as a friendship

“ta form”

take shape; develop

“ta form av”

take shape of; show up as (something)

“finne sin form”

find the right, best way to be or happen

“hun er sandelig lækker, den taske. Hun har noget extravagante former”

she is truly delicious, that hag. She has somewhat extravagant curves

“badedrakten skjuler [ikke] noe som helst av hennes former”

the swimsuit [does not] hide any of her curves

“så mye snakk det er om å «ta seg sammen» og «holde på formene» og «stramme seg opp»”

so much talk there is about "getting together" and "keeping in shape" and "tightening up"

“form betyder … maaden, hvorved det mangfoldige forbinder sig til et heelt”

form means… the way in which the manifold connects to a whole

“hele dette anlegg [slottsplassen] kan bli bragt i harmoni og arkitektonisk form”

this whole facility [the castle square] can be brought into harmony and architectural form

“bygger man … en moderne storby-bygning eller en bensinstasjon à la gresk tempel får man ikke den riktige organiske sammenheng mellem stoffet og formen som er kjennetegnet for den ekte kunst, den ekte stil”

if you build a modern metropolitan building or a gas station à la grecque temple, you will not get the right organic connection between the fabric and the shape that is characteristic of the real art, the real style

“[Håkon Gullvåg ble] satt til å undervise ved Institutt for form og farge på NTH”

[Håkon Gullvåg was] set to teach at the Department of Design and Color at NTH

“formen skal jo hæve indholdet, men ikke oversukre det, saa man ikke seer, hvad meel der er i maden”

the form should raise the contents, but not sugary it, so you do not see what flour is in the food

“[en gavnlig lære for livet] fremsættes i en sindrig og tiltrækkende form”

[a beneficial doctrine for life] is presented in an ingenious and appealing form

“det er sædvanligt hos os … nordmænd dette at mangle sans for formens betydning og derimod holde os til stoffet”

it is customary with us Norwegians to lack a sense of the meaning of form and instead stick to the substance

“hvad er skjønhed? Overensstemmelse mellem indhold og form”

what is beauty? Consistency between content and form

“folkene i dette avsidesliggende strøket holder enno på de gamle formene”

the people of this remote area still hold on to the old forms

“nytt syn, nytt sinn krever med nødvendighet ny form”

new vision, new mind necessarily requires new form

“[Silvio] Berlusconis suksess [var] basert på form, ikke på innhold”

[Silvio] Berlusconi's success [was] based on form, not content

“Formen er ikke forfatterens sterkeste side.”

Form is not the author's strongest side.

“form betyder ialmindelighed den skikkelse, hvorunder en vis kraft ytrer sig”

design generally means the figure under which a certain force manifests itself

“i al fald klæder påtrængenheden sig her i en så troskyldig form at den snarere vækker morskab end forargelse”

in any case, the intrusion dresses here in such a faithful design that it arouses amusement rather than indignation

“enhver nations konst er fra folkesangen gjennem de små former i tidernes løb vandret over i de større, fyldigere, mere combinerede. Havde Kjerulf pleiet store former, som sonaten, symphonien, da havde han forsøgt en opgave, som ikke tilkom ham”

every nation's art is from the folk song through the small forms over time horizontal to the larger, fuller, more combined. Had Kjerulf nurtured great designs, such as the sonata, the symphony, then he would have tried a task that did not belong to him

“Griegs kvartett … var den rene vanhelligelse av den formen Haydn, Mozart og Beethoven hadde skapt noen av sine fineste verk i”

Grieg's quartet… was the pure desecration of the design Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven had created some of their finest works in

“Schumann … var liksom for kortpustet til å lykkes helt i «den store form»”

Schumann… was somehow too short of breath to succeed completely in "the great design"

“De-formen er nesten forsvunnet, og brukes for det meste i skriftlig form”

The de-form has almost disappeared, and is mostly used in written form

“det var ikke slik at jeg nøt smaken av kaffe eller følelsen av røyk …, poenget var å ha det gjort, det var en rutine, og som med alle rutiner, lå det hele i formen”

it was not like I enjoyed the taste of coffee or the feeling of smoke…, the point was to have it done, it was a routine, and as with all routines, it was all in form

“utilslørte trusler i brevs form”

undisguised threats in the form of letters

“medgangen [kom] i form af et par stipendier”

the success [came] in the form of a few scholarships

“faren er over sønnen med en kort formaning i form av et intenst og utvetydig blikk”

the father is over the son with a brief admonition in the form of an intense and unambiguous look

“[lykken] kommer i form av en kvinne som plutselig står foran ham”

[happiness] comes in the form of a woman who suddenly stands before him

“betaling i form av et par flasker vin”

payment in the form of a few bottles of wine

“i form av”

in the form of; in the shape of

“en eller annen form for antibiotika”

some kind of antibiotic

“det var ulike former for sting, ulike teknikker som krevde perfeksjon og håndlag”

there were different types of stitches, different techniques that required perfection and craftsmanship

“korrespondansesjakk var tidligere en form for sjakk der spillerne sendte postkort fram og tilbake til hverandre, der et enkelt parti kunne vare i flere år”

correspondence chess was formerly a form of chess where players sent postcards back and forth to each other, where a single game could last for several years

“enhver form for mosjon [vil] være gunstig hvis du sliter med høyt blodsukker”

Any form of exercise [will] be beneficial if you are struggling with high blood sugar

“den formløse materie fortæller os ikke noget; formen alene gir den liv … [Platon] saa stoffet bli levende ved formens magt”

the formless matter tells us nothing; form alone gives it life… [Plato] so that matter becomes alive by the power of form

“[mens] det er hønas «form» å kakle, å flakse med vingene samt å legge egg, er det steinens form å falle til jorden”

[while] it is the hen's "form" to cackle, to flap its wings and to lay eggs, it is the stone's form to fall to the ground

“Aristoteles skilte mellom fire forskjellige årsaker: form, stoff, bevegelse og hensikt”

Aristotle distinguished between four different causes: form, matter, movement, and purpose

“jeg er bundet til min tankes former”

I am bound to the forms of my mind

“så er det bare en form, da!”

so it's just a norm, then!

“[i helgen skal] jeg ordne alt, hvad formen gjælder, og sætte sagen glat ivej”

[this weekend I have to] fix everything that applies to the norm and put the matter off smoothly

“de spekulerer i legale former”

they speculate in legal forms

“det er mere en form og dessuten en form som folk har tillit til”

it is more a form and moreover a form that people trust

“han var … et temmelig indskrænket hoved, og som alle saadanne stiv i vedtagne former”

he was… a rather constricted head, and like all such stiff in adopted forms

“De vil ej tåle formens snørliv lagt om Deres hjerte, frit må det pulsere”

You will not tolerate the etiquette life laid around your heart, it must pulsate freely

“Svava overser aldrig formerne som din mor”

Svava never overlooks etiquette like your mother

“som en ærbar og sædelig mø holder jeg strængt på form og dekorum”

as an honorable and moral maiden, I strictly adhere to form and decorum

“vi lever i en brytningstid, hvor gamle former må falle”

we live in a time of upheaval where old forms must fall

“en rekke tabuer og konvensjoner var i ferd med å bli innholdsløse, stivnet form løste seg opp”

a number of taboos and conventions were becoming meaningless, solidified form dissolved

“opmærksomheden henvendes mest paa de distrikter, som enten ved sin beliggenhed eller paa grund af nærmere efterretning kunne formodes at have beholdt mest af de gamle nationale ord og former”

attention is drawn mostly to those districts which, either by their location or by closer examination, could be presumed to have retained most of the old national words and forms;

“hun skulle skrape [kaken] ut av formen med en brødkniv”

she was going to scrape [the cake] out of the mold with a bread knife

“hvelv deigen rett fra bollen og over i smurte former”

vault the dough straight from the bowl and into greased forms

“Blåsebelg med form.”

A bellow with extruder.

“Jeg er ikke helt i form i dag.”

I don't feel so well today.

“i form”

in shape; in form

“det gjaldt å finne tilbake til «formen»”

it was a matter of finding back the "form"

“jeg har slitt litt med formen i ukene før VM, men nå klarte jeg å ta ut alt”

I have struggled a bit with the form in the weeks before the World Cup, but now I managed to take it all out

“[han] paastaar, han er «i god form»”

[he] claims he is «in good shape»

“et glass gulrotsaft eller annen råkost [er] efter manges mening … en ufravikelig bestanddel av kosten hvis man skal holde sig «i form» – et uttrykk som for øvrig [i 1933] neppe ennu er sivet inn i familiens dagligtale fra sports-jargonen”

a glass of carrot juice or other raw food [is] in the opinion of many… an inalienable component of the diet if one is to stay «in shape» - an expression which by the way [in 1933] has hardly yet seeped into the family's everyday speech from sports jargon

“[ungdommen] har sans for å holde [kroppen] i form”

[the youth] has a sense of keeping [the body] in shape

“hun var ikke i form til å snakke”

she was not in shape to speak