亚洲网紅露点

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deform

1

[ dih-fawrm ]

verb (used with object)

  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.

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  2. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil:

    The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.

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  3. to change the form of; transform.
  4. Geology, Mechanics. to subject to deformation:

    The metal was deformed under stress.



verb (used without object)

  1. to undergo deformation.

deform

2

[ dih-fawrm ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. deformed; ugly.

deform

/ 诲瑟藞蹿蓴藧尘 /

verb

  1. to make or become misshapen or distorted
  2. tr to mar the beauty of; disfigure
  3. tr to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别藞蹿辞谤尘补产濒别, adjective
  • 诲别藞蹿辞谤尘别谤, noun
  • 诲别藢蹿辞谤尘补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路蹿辞谤尘顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 诲别路蹿辞谤尘顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 诲别路蹿辞谤尘顎僡路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 诲别路蹿辞谤尘顎侥谤 noun
  • un顎吇灞鹇反诖前绢僡路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deform1

1350鈥1400; Middle English deformen, from Latin 诲脓蹿艒谤尘腻谤别, equivalent to 诲脓- de- + 蹿艒谤尘腻谤别 鈥渢o shape, form鈥 ( form )

Origin of deform2

1350鈥1400; Middle English defo ( u ) rme < Latin 诲脓蹿辞谤尘颈蝉, equivalent to 诲脓- de- + -formis -form
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deform1

C15: from Latin 诲脓蹿辞谤尘腻谤别, from de- + forma shape, beauty
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Synonym Study

See mar.
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Mina and Sade are witnesses not only to each other but also to the conditions that formed and deformed their dreams.

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She also excavated a few gems, including a star sapphire ring that belonged to her late father and an inexpensive metal lotus bowl that I had loved, deformed but still somehow itself.

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I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: 鈥渋 cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.鈥

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Vidale said it鈥檚 likely the outer core is deforming the shape of the inner core, pushing it a kilometer or two in areas where they rub together with force.

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The scorching heat melted the glass awards her daughter had received for her theater performances, leaving behind deformed globs of crystal.

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