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Is deform a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deform is a Scrabble US word. The word deform is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is deform a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deform is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

DEFORM,FORMED,

5-letter words (4 found)

DROME,FORME,FREMD,MODER,

4-letter words (23 found)

DEFO,DEMO,DERM,DERO,DOER,DOME,DORE,DORM,FEOD,FERM,FORD,FORE,FORM,FROE,FROM,MODE,MOER,MORE,OMER,ORFE,REDO,RODE,ROED,

3-letter words (29 found)

DEF,DOE,DOF,DOM,DOR,EMO,ERF,ERM,FED,FEM,FER,FOE,FOR,FRO,MED,MOD,MOE,MOR,ODE,ORD,ORE,ORF,RED,REF,REM,REO,ROD,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,EF,EM,ER,FE,ME,MO,OD,OE,OF,OM,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from deform according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deform

deform

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɔːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈfɔɹm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
  • Hyphenation: de‧form

Etymology 1

From Middle English deforme (“out of shape, deformed”) [and other forms], from Middle French deforme (modern French difforme (“misshapen, deformed”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmis (“departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrma (“form, appearance, figure, shape; fine form, beauty; design, outline, plan; model, pattern; mould, stamp; (figuratively) kind, manner, sort”) (further etymology unknown; perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape; appearance; outline; kind, type”), probably from Pre-Greek, but there is no consensus) + -is (suffix forming adjectives of the third declension).

Adjective

deform (comparative more deform, superlative most deform)

  1. (obsolete except poetic) Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
    Synonyms: disfigured, distorted, shapeless; see also Thesaurus:misshapen, Thesaurus:ugly
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful, Thesaurus:shapely

Etymology 2

From Middle English deformen (“to deform, disfigure, distort; to make ugly, mar; (figuratively) to disfigure morally; to defame; to dishonour”) [and other forms], equivalent to de- +‎ form, from Old French deformer [and other forms] (modern French déformer (“to contort, distort, twist out of shape; (figuratively) to pervert”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmāre (whence Medieval Latin difformāre), the present active infinitive of dēfōrmō (“to fashion, form; to delineate, describe; to design; to deform, disfigure; to mar, spoil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, shape; to format”) (from fōrma (noun); see further at etymology 1).

Verb

deform (third-person singular simple present deforms, present participle deforming, simple past and past participle deformed)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
      Synonyms: contort, distort
      Antonym: undeform
      Hyponyms: buckle, distend, warp
      1. (engineering, physics) To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
    2. (also figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
      Synonyms: deface, disfigure, distort, mar
    3. To mar the character or quality of (something).
  2. (intransitive) To become changed in shape or misshapen.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • deformation
  • deformational
  • deformity
  • retrodeformation
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References

Further reading

  • deformation (engineering) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • deformation (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • deformation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • formed

Source: wiktionary.org