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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
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
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: Something ----s 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: 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
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; 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: Something ----s "Little by little and bit by bit." (English proverb) "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." (Native American proverb, Cherokee) "Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths." (Arabic proverb) "Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: Meaning of change form deform definition Pronunciation of distort twine definition Definition of dinge
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