deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
deforms
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present tense formof deform (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This alloy softens and deforms at relatively low temperatures — around 500 F — well below the intensity of a typical house fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
The researchers also showed that concealed patterns could be detected by gently stretching the material and analyzing how it deforms using digital image correlation analysis.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026
One type of virus carried by mites results in a bee being born with no abdomen, while another deforms their wings and leaves them too weak to fly.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
Peanut butter can be poured into its container and then it deforms, or takes the shape of that container.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023
Vanity, it must be allowed, is probably the commonest clerical weakness; and, when it is yielded to, it deforms the whole character.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by James Stalker
