Verb

• S: (v) deform (deform%2:35:00::) (make formless) "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
• S: (v) contort (contort%2:35:00::), deform (deform%2:35:02::), distort (distort%2:35:00::), wring (wring%2:35:01::) (twist and press out of shape)
• S: (v) flex (flex%2:35:02::), bend (bend%2:35:00::), deform (deform%2:35:01::), twist (twist%2:35:02::), turn (turn%2:35:11::) (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"
• S: (v) deform (deform%2:30:00::) (become misshapen) "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) deform (deform%2:30:01::), distort (distort%2:30:01::), strain (strain%2:30:00::) (alter the shape of (something) by stress) "His body was deformed by leprosy"
• S: (v) change shape (change_shape%2:30:00::), change form (change_form%2:30:00::), deform (deform%2:30:02::) (assume a different shape or form)