deform

deform
    v 1: make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
    2: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform},
       {distort}, {wring}]
    3: 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}]
    4: become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the
       earthquake"
    5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
       deformed by leprosy" [syn: {deform}, {distort}, {strain}]
    6: assume a different shape or form [syn: {change shape},
       {change form}, {deform}]
    

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.
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            Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
            Into this breathing world.            --Shak.
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   2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or
      perfection; to dishonor.
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            Above those passions that this world deform.
                                                  --Thomson.
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Deform \De*form"\, a. [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF.
   deforme, F. difforme. Cf. {Difform}.]
   Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]
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         Sight so deform what heart of rock could long
         Dry-eyed behold?                         --Milton.
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "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