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deform

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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de=form

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deform, v.
1 tr. make ugly, deface.
2 tr. put out of shape, misshape.
3 intr. undergo deformation; be deformed.

Derivative
deformable adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF deformer etc. f. med.L difformare ult. f. L deformare (as DE-, formare f. forma shape)

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

ROGET THESAURUS

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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