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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Formed \Formed\, a.
     1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as,
        formed stars. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and
        development; organized; as, the formed or organized
        ferments. See Ferment, n.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote
        the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is
        physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly
        germinal or living matter.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Form \Form\ (f[^o]rm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formed (f[^o]rmd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Forming.] [F. former, L. formare, fr.
     forma. See Form, n.]
     1. To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make;
        to fashion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God formed man of the dust of the ground. --Gen. ii.
                                                    7.
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              The thought that labors in my forming brain. --Rowe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion
        into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust;
        also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by
        influence, etc.; to train.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              'T is education forms the common mind. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the
        essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to
        make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything
        is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The diplomatic politicians . . . who formed by far
              the majority.                         --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers.
                                                    --Drayton.
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     5. (Gram.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the
        proper suffixes and affixes.
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     6. (Elec.) To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit
        condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing
        one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and
        the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by
        repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but
        now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a
        paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced
        into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Form \Form\ (f[^o]rm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formed (f[^o]rmd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Forming.] [F. former, L. formare, fr.
     forma. See Form, n.]
     1. To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make;
        to fashion.
  
              God formed man of the dust of the ground. --Gen. ii.
                                                    7.
  
              The thought that labors in my forming brain. --Rowe.
  
     2. To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion
        into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust;
        also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by
        influence, etc.; to train.
  
              'T is education forms the common mind. --Pope.
  
              Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     3. To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the
        essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to
        make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything
        is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
  
              The diplomatic politicians . . . who formed by far
              the majority.                         --Burke.
  
     4. To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
  
              The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers.
                                                    --Drayton.
  
     5. (Gram.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the
        proper suffixes and affixes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Formed \Formed\, a.
     1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as,
        formed stars. [R.]
  
     2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and
        development; organized; as, the formed or organized
        ferments. See Ferment, n.
  
     Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote
        the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is
        physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly
        germinal or living matter.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  formed
       adj 1: clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances
              of success" [syn: defined, settled]
       2: having or given a form or shape [ant: unformed]
       3: formed in the mind [syn: conceived]
       4: having taken on a definite arrangement; "cheerleaders were
          formed into letters"; "we saw troops formed into columns"
       5: fully developed as by discipline or training; "a fully
          formed literary style"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     vb.
     (infl of en form  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     vb.
     (infl of en form  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     vb.
     (infl of en form  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     vb.
     (infl of en form  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f orm ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  formed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en form ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Formed /fˈɔːmd/
  مشكّل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/ 
  tvarovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/ 
  zformovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/ 
  pevný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  tvořil

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  gebildet, geformt, gestaltet, formiert
   see: form sth., forming, forms, formed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  bildete, formte, gestaltete
   see: form sth., forming, formed, forms
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  geformt
        "I/he/she formed"  - ich/er/sie formte
        "he/she has/had formed"  - er/sie hat/hatte geformt
   see: form, forming
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  gegründet gegr.,  /dʒˈɛɡə/
     Synonyms: established, founded
  
   see: newly formed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  sich geordnet
   see: form into, forming, form a line
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  formed /fˈɔːmd/
  formiran, oblikovan, osnovan

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɔɹmd/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a.;n.成形

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     pp. 形成

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