deform : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deform	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deform
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deform v make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" twist and press out of shape Synonym(s): contort, deform, distort, wring 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" Synonym(s): flex, bend, deform, twist, turn Antonym(s): unbend become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" Synonym(s): deform, distort, strain assume a different shape or form Synonym(s): change shape, change form, deform
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deform \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deforming}.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. d[82]former. See {Form}.] 1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. --Shak. 2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. Above those passions that this world deform. --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deform \Deform"\, a. [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. {Difform}.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] Sight so deform* what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? --Milton.