1
: having or being an irregular or asymmetrical shape or design
free-form furniture
2
: free sense 12b
free-form dancing

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Photo : Become Legendary The angular free-form pool flows around a large patio. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 May 2025 And were blood all that her take on Chronology delivered, this free-form biopic would still feel radical, bruising, aggressive in its honesty. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025 In partnership with architects like Benjamin Albertson and Rad Studio, the robotic gantry system can produce more free-form designs than traditional construction, with tight curves, circles and other elements. Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Even so, working through Doom: The Dark Ages, there was a part of me that missed the more free-form, three-dimensional acrobatics of Doom Eternal’s double jumps and air dashes. ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-form

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First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of free-form was in 1942

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“Free-form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-form. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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