deform

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɔːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈfɔɹm/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Hyphenation: de‧form === Etymology 1 === From Middle English deforme (“out of shape, deformed”) [and other forms], from Middle French deforme (modern French difforme (“misshapen, deformed”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmis (“departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrma (“form, appearance, figure, shape; fine form, beauty; design, outline, plan; model, pattern; mould, stamp; (figuratively) kind, manner, sort”) (further etymology unknown; perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape; appearance; outline; kind, type”), probably from Pre-Greek, but there is no consensus) + -is (suffix forming adjectives of the third declension). ==== Adjective ==== deform (comparative more deform, superlative most deform) (obsolete except poetic) Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly. Synonyms: disfigured, distorted, shapeless; see also Thesaurus:misshapen, Thesaurus:ugly Antonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful, Thesaurus:shapely === Etymology 2 === From Middle English deformen (“to disfigure, distort, or mar; (figuratively) to disfigure morally; to defame; to dishonour”) [and other forms], equivalent to de- +‎ form, from Old French deformer [and other forms] (modern French déformer (“to contort, distort, twist out of shape; (figuratively) to pervert”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmāre (whence Medieval Latin difformāre), the present active infinitive of dēfōrmō (“to fashion, form; to delineate, describe; to design; to deform, disfigure; to mar, spoil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, shape; to format”) (from fōrma (noun); see further at etymology 1). ==== Verb ==== deform (third-person singular simple present deforms, present participle deforming, simple past and past participle deformed) (transitive) To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape. Synonyms: contort, distort Antonym: undeform Hyponyms: buckle, distend, warp (engineering, physics) To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress. (also figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance. Synonyms: deface, disfigure, distort, mar To mar the character or quality of (something). (intransitive) To become changed in shape or misshapen. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== deformation deformational deformity retrodeformation ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === deformation (engineering) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia deformation (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia deformation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === formed