deformer
verb (used with object)
1.
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
2.
to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
3.
to change the form of; transform.
4.
verb (used without object)
5.
to undergo deformation.
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deform (dɪˈfɔːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become misshapen or distorted |
| 2. | (tr) to mar the beauty of; disfigure |
| 3. | (tr) to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions |
| [C15: from Latin dēformāre, from | |
| de'formable | |
| —adj | |
| deforma'bility | |
| —n | |
| de'former | |
| —n | |
| deform (dɪˈfɔːm) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become misshapen or distorted |
| 2. | (tr) to mar the beauty of; disfigure |
| 3. | (tr) to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions |
| [C15: from Latin dēformāre, from | |
| de'formable | |
| —adj | |
| deforma'bility | |
| —n | |
| de'former | |
| —n | |
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