DEFORMING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Verb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Example: bend the rod; twist the dough into a braid; the strong man could turn an iron bar

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Verb

twist and press out of shape

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

assume a different shape or form

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

make formless

Example: the heat deformed the plastic sculpture

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

alter the shape of (something) by stress

Example: His body was deformed by leprosy

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

become misshapen

Example: The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake