DEFORM


Meaning of DEFORM in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

If something ~s 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 ~s.

Bad rheumatoid arthritis ~s limbs...

...the ability of a metal to ~ to a new shape without cracking.

VERB: V n, V

~ed

He was born with a ~ed right leg.

ADJ

~ation (~ations)

Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock ~ation.

N-VAR

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