About The Word Deform
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Deform
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What's The Definition Of Deform?
[v] assume a different shape or form
[v] alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [v] become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" [v] cause to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [v] twist and press out of shape [v] make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deform: bend | change form | change shape | contort | distort | strain | turn | twist | wring Related Terms | Find terms related to Deform: accommodate | adapt | adjust | alter | ameliorate | batter | better | blemish | blur | break up | change | check | cicatrize | confuse | contort | convert | crack | craze | cripple | damage | deface | denature | disfigure | disorder | disproportion | distort | diversify | fit | flaw | fog up | impair | improve | injure | jumble | kink | maim | mangle | mar | meliorate | mess up | misshape | mitigate | modify | modulate | muddle | mutate | mutilate | obfuscate | obscure | overthrow | qualify | realign | rebuild | reconstruct | re-create | redesign | refit | reform | remake | renew | reshape | restructure | revamp | revive | ring the changes | scab | scar | scarify | screw up | shift the scene | shuffle the cards | split | spoil | squinch | subvert | torture | truncate | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn upside down | twist | unform | unshape | vary | warp | wind | work a change | worsen See Also | alter | batter | bend | bug out | bulge | bulge out | change | change | change form | change shape | come out | convolute | convolve | crank | deform | deform | dent | dinge | distort | draw | extend | flatten | flatten out | flex | form | furl | gnarl | grain | granulate | incurvate | indent | jaundice | morph | point | pop | pop out | pouch | protrude | roll up | shape | sharpen | stretch | stretch out | taper | turn | twine | twine | twist | unfold Deform In Webster's Dictionary \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deformed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deforming}.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape,
fr. forma: cf. F. d['e]former. See {Form}.]
1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to
disfigure.
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this
breathing world. --Shak.
2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or
perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world deform.
--Thomson.
\De*form"\, a. [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. {Difform}.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? --Milton. |
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