Definitions of deform:
- verb: alter the shape of (something) by stress
Example: "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- verb: become misshapen
Example: "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
- verb: make formless
Example: "The heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
- verb: twist and press out of shape
- verb: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- verb: assume a different shape or form