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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.

synonyms: distort, strain.

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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deforming

noun

Roget 241: amorphism, informity; unlicked cub; rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]; disorder etc. 59; deformity etc. 243.    disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming.    ... show more

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