deform
     v 1: make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
          [ant: {form}]
     2: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {distort}, {wring}]
     3: 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}]
     4: become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the
        earthquake"
     5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
        deformed by leprosy" [syn: {distort}, {strain}]
     6: assume a different shape or form [syn: {change shape}, {change
        form}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0