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'deform'

[deform.v.01] as in: make formless

Examples:
the heat deformed the plastic sculpture

deform, contort, flex, deform, deform, change_shape

distortion, deformation, contortion

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change

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bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, fold, strain, tense

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'deform'

[contort.v.01] as in: twist and press out of shape

contort, deform, flex, deform, deform, change_shape, falsify, twist, tinge, squeeze, wring, extort, wring

wring, wring, contortion, tortuosity, distortion, deformation, distorted_shape, aberration, distortion, distortion, distortion

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twist, change

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morph

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, braid, change, construction, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, device, eddy, exchange, flex, fold, go, kink, leave, motion, motivate, move, sidetrack, spin, strain, switch, tense, transfer, travel, turn, twist, variety, wind, wrench, writhe

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'deform'

[flex.v.05] as in: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Examples:
bend the rod
twist the dough into a braid
the strong man could turn an iron bar

flex, flex, flex, bend, flex, flex, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, crouch, deflect, deform, contort, deform, deform, change_shape, turn, construction, device, spin, wrench, kink, eddy, twist, braid, twist, wind, twist, writhe, twist, twist, twist, wind, twist, wrench, twist, twist, turn, turn, turning, turn, go, turn, act, turn, turn, turn, change_state, become, turn, change_by_reversal, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, plow, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, call_on, sour, turn

flexible, flexible, elastic, flexible, compromising, bendable, bender, carouse, curve, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, distortion, deformation, contortion

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straighten, unbend, unbend, relax, relax, unbend

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change_shape, change

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convolve, indent, crank, incurvate, gnarl

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, braid, change, compromise, compromising, construction, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, device, eddy, elastic, exchange, flex, flexible, fold, go, kink, lax, leave, loosen, motion, motivate, move, relax, relaxed, roll_out, sidetrack, slack, spin, straighten, strain, switch, tense, tidy, transfer, travel, turn, twist, unbend, variety, wind, wrench, writhe

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'deform'

[deform.v.04] as in: become misshapen

Examples:
The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake

deform, contort, flex, deform, deform, change_shape

distortion, deformation, contortion

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change_shape, change

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, change, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, exchange, flex, fold, go, leave, motion, motivate, move, sidetrack, strain, switch, tense, transfer, travel, variety

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'deform'

[deform.v.05] as in: alter the shape of (something) by stress

Examples:
His body was deformed by leprosy

deform, contort, flex, deform, deform, change_shape, falsify, twist, tinge, strain, stress, tune, strain, breed, form, strain, tenor, striving, strain, song, strive, try, strain, sift, tense, strain, filter, puree

distortion, deformation, contortion, strain, stress, tune, strain, breed, form, strain, tenor, striving, strain, song, strive, try, strain, sift, tense, strain, filter, puree, deform

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shape, change

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jaundice

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bend, bending, braid, breed, construction, crouch, deflect, deform, device, eddy, filter, flex, fold, form, kink, puree, sift, song, spin, stiffen, strain, stress, strive, striving, tenor, tense, try, tune, turn, twist, wind, wrench, writhe

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'deform'

[change_shape.v.01] as in: assume a different shape or form

change_shape, deform, contort, flex, deform, deform

distortion, deformation, contortion

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change

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flex, roll, granulate, draw, start, bulge, roll_up, deform, dinge, unfold, bend, sharpen, twist, flatten

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Origins

					deform (English)
└── deformen (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── deformer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── deformare (Latin)