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deform
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deform, v.
1 tr. make ugly, deface.
2 tr. put out of shape, misshape.
3 intr. undergo deformation; be deformed.
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, worsenROGET THESAURUS
deform
Amorphism
VB deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, derange, blemish, mar.Distortion
VB distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.For further exploring for "deform" in Webster Dictionary Online