Tra từ deform - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. make formless
- the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
• Derivationally related forms:
deformation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- bend the rod
- twist the dough into a braid
- the strong man could turn an iron bar
• Syn:
flex, bend, twist, turn
• Ant:
unbend (for: bend)
• Derivationally related forms:
deformation, bendable (for: bend), bender (for: bend), bend (for: bend), flexible (for: flex)
• Hypernyms:
change shape, change form
• Hyponyms:
indent, dent, incurvate, gnarl, crank,
convolve, convolute
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They deform the glass tubes
3. twist and press out of shape
• Syn:
contort, distort, wring
• Derivationally related forms:
distortion (for: distort), deformation, contortion (for: contort)
• Hypernyms:
twist, twine, distort
• Hyponyms:
morph
• Verb Group:
wring, wrench
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. become misshapen
- The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake
• Derivationally related forms:
deformation
• Hypernyms:
change shape, change form
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. alter the shape of (something) by stress
- His body was deformed by leprosy
• Syn:
distort, strain
• Derivationally related forms:
strain (for: strain), deformation
• Hypernyms:
shape, form
• Hyponyms:
jaundice
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. assume a different shape or form
• Syn:
change shape, change form
• Derivationally related forms:
deformation
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
roll, granulate, grain, bulge, pouch,
protrude, sharpen, taper, point, roll up, furl,
flatten, flatten out, draw, dinge, batter, twist,
twine, distort, flex, bend, turn, unfold,
stretch, stretch out, extend, start, pop, pop out,
bulge out, bug out, come out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s