deform
Twist out true
Deform means to distort or spoil the natural shape of something.
Physical pressure deforms: The crash deformed the car's frame.
Disease or injury can deform the body.
The word extends to abstract distortion: Bias deforms our perception of events.
Something deformed has been misshapen, often permanently.
Twist from original form
misshape · disfigure · gnarl · crumple · buckle · skew · mangle · crush
Damage appearance permanently
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- maimInflict disabling wound
- mutilateInflict severe bodily harm
- marSpoil the appearance
blemish · damage · injure · ruin · spoil · impair · deface · mangle
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- yieldProduce or relinquish
fatigue · creep · ductile · malleable · brittle · tension · compression · shear
Deviation from expected state
- congenitalExisting from birth
- birth defectAbnormality present from delivery
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
teratogen · dysplasia · clubfoot · cleft · spina bifida · cranial · skeletal · limb
Give different form
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
- modifyChange partially
- alterMake a modification
rework · remold · restructure · refashion · morph · metamorphose · change · convert
distort
Twist from original form
warp · misshape · disfigure · gnarl · crumple · buckle · skew · mangle · crush · flatten
disfigure
Damage appearance permanently
mar · blemish · damage · injure · ruin · spoil · impair · deface · mangle · harm
strain
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
yield · fatigue · creep · ductile · malleable · brittle · tension · compression · shear · torsion
abnormality
Deviation from expected state
- congenitalExisting from birth
- birth defectAbnormality present from delivery
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
mutation · teratogen · dysplasia · clubfoot · cleft · spina bifida · cranial · skeletal · limb · fetal
reshape
Give different form
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
- modifyChange partially
alter · rework · remold · restructure · refashion · morph · metamorphose · change · convert · manipulate
- process verbscreate, produce, make, build, construct
- distortionsdistort, distorts, warp, twist, twists
- change verbschange, alter, modify, convert, morph
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, corrode
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- CADAutoCAD, extrude, layer, fillet, polyline
- spinal deformityMisshapen backbone structure
- plastic deformationLasting material distortion under stress
- bone deformityAbnormal shape in skeleton
deformed, deformity, deformation, deforming, deforms, deformable, undeformed