mindmap root((畸形)) deform may imply a changing of shape, appearance, character, or nature through stress, injury, or some accident of growth: relentless winds ~ed the pines into bizarre shapes. distort implies a wrenching from the natural, normal, or true shape, form, direction: the odd camera angle ~s his face in the photograph. contort suggests an extreme distortion that is grotesque or painful: a degenerative bone disease had painfully ~ed the child's body. warp indicates an uneven shrinking that bends or twists parts out of a flat plane: ~ed floorboards.