1. Make formless
   "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" 
2. Twist and press out of shape
   - contort, distort, wring 
3. Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
   - flex, bend, twist, turn 
4. Become misshapen
   "The pavement deformed during the earthquake" 
5. Alter the shape of (something) by stress
   "His body was deformed by leprosy"
   - distort, strain 
6. Assume a different shape or form
   - change shape, change form

Derived forms: deforming, deformed, deforms

See also: deformation

Type of: alter, change, distort, form, modify, shape, twine, twist

Encyclopedia: Deform

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