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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Forming

/fôr'-mĭng/ · Form·ing · IPA /ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/
01 n. The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.