preform (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *preform*:
VERB	creation	preform	form into a shape resembling the final / final, desired one
VERB	creation	preform	form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand

English > *preform*: 2 senses > verb 1, creation
Meaning	form into a shape resembling the final / final, desired one.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge	make something, usually for a specific function
Similar to	preform	form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand

English > *preform*: 2 senses > verb 2, creation
Meaning	form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Broader	shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge	make something, usually for a specific function
Similar to	preform	form into a shape resembling the final / final, desired one
Nouns	preformation	a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell

HyperDic: preform