verb
- Make formless.
- usage: "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
- synonyms: deform
- Twist and press out of shape.
- Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
- usage: "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
- Become misshapen.
- usage: "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
- synonyms: deform
- Alter the shape of (something) by stress.
- usage: "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- Assume a different shape or form.
- synonyms: change shape, change form, deform
adjective
- So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
- usage: "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
- synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen
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