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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb deform has 6 senses

• deform(v = verb.contact) Array - make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• deform(v = verb.contact) contort, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape; Array
is one way to distort, twine, twist
Derived forms noun deformation₃, noun deformation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• deform(v = verb.contact) bend, flex, turn, twist - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Derived forms noun deformation₃, noun deformation₂
Sample sentence:
They deform the glass tubes

• deform(v = verb.change) Array - become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Derived forms noun deformation₂, noun deformation₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• deform(v = verb.change) distort, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
is one way to form, shape
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• deform(v = verb.change) change form, change shape - assume a different shape or form; Array
is one way to change
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

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, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, 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

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deform

Amorphism

VB deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, derange, blemish, mar.

Distortion

VB distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.

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