Deform

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To spoil the natural form of; misshape: a body that had been deformed by disease.
  • v. To spoil the beauty or appearance of; disfigure.
  • v. Physics To alter the shape of by pressure or stress.
  • v. Geology To change the original state or size of a rock mass, especially by folding or faulting.
  • verb-intransitive. To become deformed. See Synonyms at distort.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove the form of.
  • v. To remove the looks of; to disfigure; as, a face deformed by bitterness.
  • v. To mar the character of; as, a marriage deformed by jealousy.
  • v. To alter the shape of by stress.
  • v. To become misshapen or changed in shape.
  • adj. Deformed, misshapen.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
  • v. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
  • adj. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To change or alter the form of; convert into a new form or shape.
  • Specifically To mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure, as by malformation of a limb or some other part of the body.
  • To render ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: as, to deform the person by unbecoming dress; to deform the character by vicious conduct.
  • Disfigured; being of an unnatural, distorted, or disproportioned form; displeasing to the eye.
  • To form; fashion; delineate; engrave.
  • In geometry, to bend without stretching or tearing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. assume a different shape or form
  • v. alter the shape of (something) by stress
  • v. make formless
  • v. twist and press out of shape
  • v. become misshapen
  • v. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
  • Verb Form
    deformed    deforming    deforms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter    change shape    change form   
    Cross Reference
    deface   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dishonor    deformed    misshapen    shapeless    horrid    distort    contort    warp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Norm    conform    disinform    dorm    form    inform    lukewarm    misinform    norm    perform   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    misshapen    maim    diseased    lame    ugly    wither    repulsive    mangle    malformed    bloated