1.  deform(v = verb.contact) - make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  deform(v = verb.contact) contort, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape;
is one way to distort, twine, twist
Derived forms noun deformation₃, noun deformation₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  deform(v = verb.contact) bend, flex, turn, twist - 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"
is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Derived forms noun deformation₃, noun deformation₂
Sample sentences: They deform the glass tubes

4.  deform(v = verb.change) - become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Derived forms noun deformation₂, noun deformation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

5.  deform(v = verb.change) distort, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
is one way to form, shape
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  deform(v = verb.change) change form, change shape - assume a different shape or form;
is one way to change
Derived form noun deformation₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s

deform, v.
1 tr. make ugly, deface.
2 tr. put out of shape, misshape.
3 intr. undergo deformation; be deformed.

Derivative:
deformable adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF deformer etc. f. med.L difformare ult. f. L deformare (as DE-, formare f. forma shape)

VB  deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, derange, blemish, mar.

VB  distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.