DEFORM

Pronunciation (US):

• DEFORM (verb)
  The verb DEFORM has 6 senses:

1. make formless
2. twist and press out of shape
3. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
4. become misshapen
5. alter the shape of (something) by stress
6. assume a different shape or form

  Familiarity information: DEFORM used as a verb is common.

• DEFORM (verb)

Meaning:

Make formless

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the heat deformed the plastic sculpture

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Twist and press out of shape

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

contort; wring; deform; distort

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deform"):

morph (change shape as via computer animation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

twist; deform; bend; flex; turn

Context examples:

bend the rod / twist the dough into a braid / the strong man could turn an iron bar

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deform"):

dent; indent (make a depression into)

incurvate (cause to curve inward)

gnarl (twist into a state of deformity)

crank (bend into the shape of a crank)

convolute; convolve (curl, wind, or twist together)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They deform the glass tubes

Meaning:

Become misshapen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Alter the shape of (something) by stress

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

deform; distort; strain

Context example:

His body was deformed by leprosy

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deform"):

jaundice (distort adversely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Assume a different shape or form

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

change form; change shape; deform

Hypernyms (to "deform" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deform"):

roll (take the shape of a roll or cylinder)

bug out; bulge; bulge out; come out; pop; pop out; protrude; start (bulge outward)

extend; stretch; stretch out; unfold (extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length)

bend; flex (form a curve)

bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

batter; dinge (make a dent or impression in)

deform (become misshapen)

draw (contract)

flatten; flatten out (become flat or flatter)

furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)

point; sharpen; taper (give a point to)

bulge; pouch; protrude (swell or protrude outwards)

grain; granulate (become granular)

Sentence frame:

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