DEFORM

Definition:

1. [verb] make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
   
   
2. [verb] twist and press out of shape
   Synonyms: contort, distort, wring
   
   
3. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: flex, bend, twist, turn
   
   
4. [verb] become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
   
   
5. [verb] alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
   Synonyms: distort, strain
   
   
6. [verb] assume a different shape or form
   Synonyms: change shape, change form
   
   

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