Deform

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French or Latin; Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, from de- + formare (to form), from forma (form).

Verb

Infinitive to Deform

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Deform (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To remove the form of.
2. (transitive) To remove the looks of; to disfigure; as, a face deformed by bitterness.
3. (transitive) To mar the character of; as, a marriage deformed by jealousy.
4. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
5. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.

Synonyms

• distort, contort, warp

Translations

To spoil the form of

Bulgarian: деформирам bg(bg) Finnish: turmella, rumentaa, tehdä muodottomaksi French: déformer fr(fr)

Italian: deformare it(it) Portuguese: deformar pt(pt)

To spoil the looks of; to disfigure

Bulgarian: обезобразявам bg(bg)

Portuguese: deformar pt(pt)

To mar the character of

Finnish: turmella fi(fi)

To alter the shape of by stress

Bulgarian: деформирам bg(bg)

To become misshapen or changed in shape

Bulgarian: деформирам се bg(bg)

Finnish: turmeltua, tulla muodottomaksi

Derived terms

• deformable
• deformation

Adjective

Deform (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Deform

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1. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     who so kild that monster most deforme, / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].

Anagrams

• defmor,
• formed

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