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deform
1[dih-fawrm]
adjective
deformed; ugly.
deform
2[dih-fawrm]
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
Synonyms: misshapeto make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil.
The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
Synonyms: ruinto change the form of; transform.
Geology, Mechanics., to subject to deformation.
The metal was deformed under stress.
verb (used without object)
to undergo deformation.
deform
/ dɪˈfɔːm /
verb
to make or become misshapen or distorted
(tr) to mar the beauty of; disfigure
(tr) to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions
Other Word Forms
- deformable adjective
- deformability noun
- deformative adjective
- deformer noun
- undeformable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of deform1
Word History and Origins
Origin of deform1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.
Amused at his anatomy being dissected in front of him, Elordi claps back, mock-defensively: “He was grotesque to look at, but he was somewhat gifted. A deformed skinny freak.”
When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.
Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.
Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required.
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