vverb.contactmake formlessExamples:- the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
Derivationally Related Form:deformation
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:deformchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contacttwist and press out of shapeSynset:contort distort wring
Derivationally Related Form:contortiondeformationdistortion
Hypernyms:distort twine twist
Inherited Hypernyms:contorttwistchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:morph
Full Troponyms:morph
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactcause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular formSynset:bend flex turn twist
Examples:- bend the rod
- twist the dough into a braid
- the strong man could turn an iron bar
Antonyms:unbend
Derivationally Related Form:bendflexibledeformationbenderbendable
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:flexchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:convoluteconvolvecrankdentgnarlincurvateindent
Full Troponyms:convolvecrankgnarlincurvateindent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | They --- the glass tubes (apply to: bend, deform)
vverb.changebecome misshapenExamples:- The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake
Derivationally Related Form:deformation
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:deformchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changealter the shape of (something) by stressSynset:distort strain
Examples:- His body was deformed by leprosy
Derivationally Related Form:straindeformation
Hypernyms:form shape
Inherited Hypernyms:deformshapechange
Direct Hyponyms:jaundice
Full Troponyms:jaundice
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeassume a different shape or formSynset:change form change shape
Derivationally Related Form:deformation
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:change shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:batterbendbug outbulgebulge outcome outdeformdingedistortdrawextendflattenflatten outflexfurlgraingranulatepointpoppop outpouchprotruderollroll upsharpenstartstretchstretch outtaperturntwinetwistunfold
Full Troponyms:acuminatearchascendbendboltbraidbrailbulgebulkcalendercamberclimbcoalcontortconvolvecrankcrookcrouchcurl updeformdingedipdouble overdousedrawenmeshentanglefallfall backfawnfeltflattenflexgnarlgranulatehuddleincorporateincurvateindentintertwineinweaveironleanlean backlistmanglemorphpieceplaitpleachpressraddleravelrecurvereefretroflexrollroll upsharpenshootslopespinsplatsplicesquinchstartstooptake intinseltwistunfoldwattleweatherweavewreathewring
Sentence Frame:Something ---s