If something deforms a person's body or something else, it causes it to have an unnatural shape. In technical English, you can also say that the second thing deforms. Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs the ability of a metal to deform to a new shape without cracking. + deformed de·formed He was born with a deformed right leg. + deformation deformations de·for·ma·tion Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock deformation. if you deform something, or if it deforms, its usual shape changes so that its usefulness or appearance is spoiled
alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character
Deformity is the condition of having a deformity. The bones begin to grind against each other, leading to pain and deformity. deformities a condition in which part of someone's body is not the normal shape
A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way. facial deformities in babies