| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To distort, contort, pervert, disfigure or deface.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To mutilate or mangle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To wrest or draw.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb deform.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (deform) | 1. Make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture".[Wordnet]. 2. Twist and press out of shape.[Wordnet]. 3. Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.[Wordnet]. 4. Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake".[Wordnet]. 5. Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy".[Wordnet]. 6. Assume a different shape or form.[Wordnet]. 7. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.[Websters]. 8. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: deforming, deformed, deforms, deformer, deformers, deformingly and deformedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being disabling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DEFORMING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1795. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEFORMING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Marring the natural form or figure; rendering ugly or disppleasing; destroying beauty.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Security | Changing shape. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of deform. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
