transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈfȯrm, dē- ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French desfurmer, from Latin deformare, from de- + formare to form, from forma form
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. : to spoil the form of
2.
a. : to spoil the looks of : disfigure
a face deform ed by bitterness
b. : to mar the character of
a marriage deform ed by jealousy
3. : to alter the shape of by stress
intransitive verb
: to become misshapen or changed in shape
• de·form·able -mə-bəl adjective
Synonyms:
deform , distort , contort , warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or some accident of growth
his face was deformed by hatred
distort and contort both imply a wrenching from the natural, normal, or justly proportioned, but contort suggests a more involved twisting and a more grotesque and painful result
the odd camera angle distorts the figure in the photograph
disease had painfully contorted her body
warp indicates physically an uneven shrinking that bends or twists out of a flat plane
warped floorboards