Overview of verb deform

The verb deform has 6 senses

• deform -- (make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture")


• contort, deform, distort, wring -- (twist and press out of shape)


• flex, bend, deform, twist, turn -- (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")


• deform -- (become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake")


• deform, distort, strain -- (alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy")


• change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)

Overview of adj deformed

The adj deformed has 1 sense

• deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen -- (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers")