Deform (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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. to subject to deformation: The metal was deformed under stress.
verb (used without object)
  1. to undergo deformation.
adjective Archaic.
  1. deformed; ugly.
verb
  1. to make or become misshapen or distorted
  2. to mar the beauty of; disfigure
  3. to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions
Deform (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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