deform in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   flex  bend  deform  twist  turn 
   
2. assume a different shape or form
   change shape  change form  deform 
   
3. twist and press out of shape
   contort  deform  distort  wring 
   
4. become misshapen
   "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
   deform 
   
5. alter the shape of (something) by stress
   "His body was deformed by leprosy"
   deform  distort  strain 
   
6. make formless
   "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
   deform