DEFORM


Meaning of DEFORM in English

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

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