- deform - make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: form
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deformation2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- contort, deform, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape
--2 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun deformation2, noun deformation3
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- flex, bend, deform, twist, turn - 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"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun deformation2, noun deformation3
They deform the glass tubes
- deform - become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
--4 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun deformation2, noun deformation1
Something ----s
- deform, distort, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
--5 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deformation2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- change shape, change form, deform - assume a different shape or form
--6 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun deformation2
Something ----s