| deforest | (v) remove the trees from, Syn. disforest, disafforest, Example: The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks |
| deforestation | (n) the state of being clear of trees |
| deforestation | (n) the removal of trees, Syn. disforestation |
| deform | (v) make formless, Example: the heat deformed the plastic sculpture |
| deform | (v) become misshapen, Example: The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake |
| deform | (v) alter the shape of (something) by stress, Syn. strain, distort, Example: His body was deformed by leprosy |
| deformation | (n) alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it |
| deformational | (adj) relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure |
| deformity | (n) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed, Syn. malformation, misshapenness |
| Deforce | v. t. |
| Deforcement | n. [ OF. ] (Law) |
| Deforceor | n. Same as Deforciant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deforciant | n. [ OF. deforciant, p. pr. of deforcier. See Deforce. ] (Eng. Law) |
| Deforciation | n. (Law) Same as Deforcement, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deforest | v. t. To clear of forests; to disforest. U. S. Agric. Reports. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deform | v. t. Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Above those passions that this world deform. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deform | a. [ L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. Difform. ] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Sight so deform what heart of rock could long |
| Deformation | n. [ L. deformatio: cf. F. déformation. ] |
| deformational | adj. |
| Deformation { f }; Verzerrung { f } | strain [Add to Longdo] |
| deformierend | misshaping [Add to Longdo] |
| deformiert | misshaped; misshapen [Add to Longdo] |