deform
IPA: difˈɔrm
verb
- (transitive)
- To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
- (engineering, physics) To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
- (also figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
- To mar the character or quality of (something).
- (intransitive) To become changed in shape or misshapen.
adjective
- (obsolete except poetic) Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
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Examples of "deform" in Sentences
- They deformed the robot.
- The people deformed the figure.
- In those, the shape is deformed.
- The buck deforms the tail of the rivet.
- The man's hand is deformed genetically.
- The pollution began to deform the tunnel.
- The amount of deformation is called the strain.
- The plains appear to be deformed near the mountains.
- Plastic deformation ends with the fracture of the material.
- The cover is deformed to be convex on the inside and is resilient.
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