'Deform' definitions:
Definition of 'deform'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
verb
verb
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend]
verb
Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
verb
Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain]
verb
Assume a different shape or form [syn: change shape, change form, deform]
Definition of 'Deform'
From: GCIDE
- Deform \De*form"\, a. [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. Difform.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deform'
From: GCIDE
- Deform \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deforming.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. d['e]former. See Form.]
- 1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. [1913 Webster]
- Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. [1913 Webster]
- Above those passions that this world deform. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deform'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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