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Meanings of deform in English

Portuguese
torcer
Catalan
trenar
Spanish
doblar

Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.

      torcer
      Portuguese
      distorcer
      Catalan
      desfigurar

      Twist and press out of shape.

            distorcer
            Portuguese
            deformar
            Catalan
            deformar

            Assume a different shape or form.

                  deformar

                  To deform because of shearing forces.

                        Usage of deform in English
                        1
                        As these bullets strike different targets, they're gonna deform in different ways.
                        Wired
                        2
                        Tight or high-heeled shoes deform the feet and make the gait awkward.
                        First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
                        3
                        Certainly, such temples as these shall erelong cease to deform the landscape.
                        A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
                        4
                        It took twenty-six years for that blessing to deform into a curse.
                        Still alice
                        5
                        How tendons deform in different hierarchical levels under shear and compression is unknown.
                        Pubmed
                        6
                        The hats which children wear, usually compress and deform the pavilion.
                        The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
                        7
                        If I start slicing now, I could deform the cellular architecture.
                        Gravity
                        8
                        After two seasons, this rude dwelling does not deform the scene.
                        Excursions
                        9
                        Cam lobes slightly deform where the metal touches the rock during a fall.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        10
                        Unclasp these trunks and find something that shall not deform me.'
                        Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra
                        11
                        And a curvature, thus given, may, and often does, deform children for life.
                        The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health
                        12
                        Never were publicly display'd more deform'd, mediocre, snivelling, unreliable, false-hearted men.
                        Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
                        13
                        Israel offers a florid illustration of how disastrously collective memory can deform a society.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        And to deform and kill the things whereon we feed.
                        Books and Habits, from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
                        15
                        One obstacle is developing a thinner elastomer that would require lower voltages to deform.
                        Reuters
                        16
                        But specs are it can't deform at twelve thousand psi.
                        The Lost World
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                        Translations for deform
                        Deform through the time