transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪfɔ:(r)m ]
( deforms, deforming, deformed)
If something deforms a person’s body or something else, it causes it to have an unnatural shape. In technical English, you can also say that the second thing deforms .
Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs...
...the ability of a metal to deform to a new shape without cracking.
VERB : V n , V
• de‧formed
He was born with a deformed right leg.
ADJ
• de‧for‧ma‧tion
(deformations)
Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock deformation.
N-VAR