deform
pronunciation
How to pronounce deform in British English:
UK [dɪˈfɔːm]
How to pronounce deform in American English:
US [dɪˈfɔːrm]
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- Verb:
- make formless
- twist and press out of shape
- cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- become misshapen
- alter the shape of (something) by stress
- assume a different shape or form
Word Origin
- deform (v.)
- c. 1400, "to disfigure," from Old French deformer (13c.), from Latin deformare "put out of shape, disfigure," from de- (see de-) + formare (see form (v.)). Related: Deformed; deforming.
Example
- 1. A new study has discovered how exactly the teeny hat-shaped cells deform themselves to fit through these micro-tunnels .
- 2. The result should be a bridge that can deform in an earthquake without snapping , but which returns , more or less , to its original shape when the quake is over .
- 3. " On planets like mars and earth that have an outer shell ...... that behaves elastically , the solid surface will deform , " mark richards , perron 's colleague , said .
- 4. Included in the simulation wereseismological data as well as data pertaining to the temperature of the rocks , their density , and their viscosity -- or how strong or weak the rocks are , which affects how easily they deform .