deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
will deform
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future tenseof deform.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Every fluid -- from Earth's atmosphere to blood pumping through the human body -- has viscosity, a quantifiable characteristic describing how the fluid will deform when it encounters some other matter.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
The ice will deform and flow where the stress is greater than 100 kilopascals, and the relative extent of that deformation is depicted by the red arrows.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The first foresees that after closure, the salt into which the repository is built will deform and flow around the drums to encase the waste.
From Nature ● Jan. 12, 2016
If the intraocular pressure is high, the eye will deform less and rebound more vigorously than normal.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Do not use the side edges of the shovel blade as a mattock, for this will deform the blade.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
