Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)deformmake formless“the heat deformed the plastic sculpture” (v)flex, bend, deform, twist, turncause (an 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” (v)deformbecome misshapen“The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake” (v)deform, distort, strainalter the shape of (something) by stress“His body was deformed by leprosy”