| 1. | a shape having an irregular contour, chiefly used in nonrepresentational art and industrial design. |
| 2. | Linguistics. a linguistic form that can occur by itself, as fire, book, or run. |
[adj. free-fawrm; adv. free-fawrm] 
| 1. | characterized by free form: free-form sculpture. |
| 2. | not organized or planned in a conventional way: a free-form international conglomerate. |
| 3. | encouraged to function or evolve without advance planning; spontaneous: free-form management. |
| 4. | without restrictions or preconceptions: The children were allowed to paint free-form. |
free form
an approach to jazz improvisation that emerged during the late 1950s, reached its height in the '60s, and remained a major development in jazz thereafter.
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