Associations to the word «Deform»

Wiktionary

DEFORM, verb. (transitive) To change the form of, negatively.
DEFORM, verb. (transitive) To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
DEFORM, verb. (transitive) To mar the character of.
DEFORM, verb. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
DEFORM, verb. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.
DEFORM, adjective. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.

Dictionary definition

DEFORM, verb. Make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture".
DEFORM, verb. Twist and press out of shape.
DEFORM, verb. Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar".
DEFORM, verb. Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake".
DEFORM, verb. Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy".
DEFORM, verb. Assume a different shape or form.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope