deform
verb
1 deform
Make formless.
2 deform
Twist and press out of shape.
synonyms: contort, distort, wring.
Roget 243: distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.
Dutch: mismaken, verdraaien, vervormen, verwringen, deformeren, misvormen
3 deform
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist.
Dutch: buigen, doorbuigen, krommen
4 deform
Become misshapen.
5 deform
Alter the shape of (something) by stress:
— His body was deformed by leprosy.
6 deform
Assume a different shape or form.
synonyms: change form, change shape.
Roget 241: deface [Destroy form], disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate; derange etc. 61; blemish, mar.
Dutch: vervormen
Moby thesaurus: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, batter, better, blemish, blur, break up, change, check, cicatrize, confuse, contort, convert, crack, craze, cripple, damage ... show more.
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