deform: Meaning and Definition of

de•form

1. to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
2. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
3. to change the form of; transform.
4. to subject to deformation: The metal was deformed under stress.

1. to undergo deformation.

de•form

1. deformed; ugly.