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- pronunciation:
- dih
form
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deforms, deforming, deformed |
| definition 1: |
to damage or distort the shape or form of; misshape; mutilate.
- similar words:
- disfigure, distort, mutilate, torture
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| definition 2: |
to spoil the appearance of; make unsightly or ugly.
- similar words:
- disfigure
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| definition 3: |
to alter the shape of, as by pressure; transform.
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| related words: |
buckle, cripple, deface, twist, warp, wrench |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become deformed.
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| related words: |
warp |
adverb + (v.)deform
actually, appreciably, both, continuously, easily, elastically, enough, neatly, otherwise, permanently, slightly, yesterday, yet
(v.)deform
+ noun
ability,
airfoil,
art,
body,
bullet,
collision,
column,
control,
crust,
darkness,
disease,
door,
experience,
foot,
force,
gas,
image,
impact,
intent,
leg,
load,
material,
message,
metal,
mirror,
molecule,
pillar,
plastic,
pressure,
process,
region,
rock,
sensor,
shape,
skin,
society,
steel,
suffering,
support,
surface,
tissue,
turbulence,
zone
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| derivations: |
deformative (adj.), deformer (n.) |
The word deform
contains the following parts:
de-
Latin
prefix
that means from; away from; down from; reverse, negate.
  Example words:
biodegradable, debase, debate, decay, deceive, deception, decide, decision, decline, decode, decriminalize, deduct, defer, defoliant, deform, defy, degrade, dehydrate, deject, delete, demagnetize, demerit, demoralize, demote, depend, deplete, deport, depose, deprive, descend, describe, description, desegregate, design, designate, despicable, despise, detach, detect, detract, devolve, indefeasible, independence, indescribable, indestructible
- synonyms:
- dis-, un-
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
Example words:
aliform, antiformalist, antireform, auriform, coliform, conform, conformable, conformal, conformance, conformation, conformity, cruciform, cubiform, cuneiform, deform, deformation, deformed, deformity, form, formal, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, format, formation, formative, formless, formula, formularize, formulary, formulate, formulize, fusiform, inform, informal, informality, informant, information, informed, informer, iodoform, malformation, malformed, misinform, multiform, napiform, oviform, piciform, piliform, reform, reformation, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reformist, reniform, semiformal, transform, transformation, transformer, unformed, uniform, uniformity, variform, vermiform
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