transitive verb
Definition 1
Fashion, mould, give form to (thing).
Source: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: A simple hydraulic press forms clay into that flowerpot shape.
Source: fieldnotes.unicefusa.org
Definition 2
Organise, sort, especially people, children, troops, etc.
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: Teachers formed pupils into lines by sex in the morning meetings or when they moved from classrooms.
Source: aasianst.org