Dictionary entry details
• 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:
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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:
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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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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:
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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:
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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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