deform
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make formless
the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- deformation derivation
Sense 2 verb
twist and press out of shape
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contortion derivation
- deformation derivation
- distorted shape derivation
- tortuousness derivation
- wring verb group
- wring verb group
Sense 3 verb
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
bend the rod
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- unbend antonym
- contortion derivation
- bender derivation
- deformation derivation
- fold derivation
- flexile derivation
- bendable derivation
Sense 4 verb
become misshapen
The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake
Types & categories
- change shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- deformation derivation
- distortion derivation
Sense 5 verb
alter the shape of (something) by stress
His body was deformed by leprosy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deformation derivation
- strain derivation
Sense 6 verb
assume a different shape or form
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deformation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contortion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distorted shape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuousness |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | morph |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contortion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bender |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fold |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flexile |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bendable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change shape |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | incurvate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gnarl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crank |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | convolute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distortion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change shape |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strain |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jaundice |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | granulate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | taper |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | flatten out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deform |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | dinge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | distort |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | twist |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bend |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stretch out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pop |