free form
a shape having an irregular contour, chiefly used in nonrepresentational art and industrial design.
Linguistics. a linguistic form that can occur by itself, as fire, book, or run.
Origin of free form
1- Compare bound form.
Other definitions for free-form (2 of 2)
or free·form
characterized by free form: free-form sculpture.
not organized or planned in a conventional way: a free-form international conglomerate.
encouraged to function or evolve without advance planning; spontaneous:free-form management.
without restrictions or preconceptions: The children were allowed to paint free-form.
Origin of free-form
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How to use free form in a sentence
The actors filled in the free-form “unconventional script” with their own life experiences.
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece | Marlow Stern | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis Kabuki dance propelling some right and others just as automatically left should become more free form.
He still goes back to Chicago from time-to-time to do free-form comedy sketches at the Improv Olympics.
Of course, when an entire throng is trying to rise above itself, an epidemic of free-form vulgarity and solipsism ensues.
They wished, above all things, to serve God and to do good—to transmit to posterity a pure church and free form of government.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. Goodrich
The free form of government of this church attracted both ministers and members.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. FlemingIt is a discussion of a number of very vital subjects in the free form of extemporaneously spoken words.
The New Freedom | Woodrow WilsonHe regarded it as a synonym of the fantasia, which was a free form made up of fugato instrumental passages.
An Autobiography | Igor StravinskyThe somewhat free form of his paper contributed to its success, as it only made his conviction and enthusiasm more apparent.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 | Olga Metchnikoff
British Dictionary definitions for free form
/ arts /
an irregular flowing shape, often used in industrial or fabric design
freely flowing, spontaneous
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