English dictionary

deform

/d/I/'f/O/rm/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

make formless

verb.contact

Examples
The heat deformed the plastic sculpture.

Source: WordNet 3.0
twist and press out of shape

verb.contact

Synonyms contort distort wring

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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

verb.contact

Synonyms bend flex turn twist

Antonyms unbend

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become misshapen

verb.change

Examples
The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake.

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alter the shape of (something) by stress

verb.change

Examples
His body was deformed by leprosy.

Synonyms distort strain

Source: WordNet 3.0
assume a different shape or form

verb.change

Synonyms change form change shape

Source: WordNet 3.0
To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

verb

Source: webster1913