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Definition of Change shape
1. Verb. Assume a different shape or form.
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Roll, Grain, Granulate, Bulge, Pouch, Protrude, Point, Sharpen, Taper, Furl, Roll Up, Flatten, Flatten Out, Draw, Deform, Batter, Dinge, Distort, Twine, Twist, Bend, Deform, Flex, Turn, Twist, Bend, Flex, Extend, Stretch, Stretch Out, Unfold, Bug Out, Bulge, Bulge Out, Come Out, Pop, Pop Out, Protrude, Start
Derivative terms: Deformation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Change Shape
Literary usage of Change shape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Diagnosis: A Text-book of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical by Charles Phillips Emerson (1908)
"What these areas are is not clear; they change shape in a peculiar way ; they do
not increase in number or grow larger on standing; they occur in the ..."
2. Elements of Descriptive Geometry by George Frederick Blessing, Lewis Andrew Darling (1912)
"Hence the elevation moves through the angle 9o°-/? but does not change shape or
size. Draw ai'-di' ".qi^l to a'-d' and incline to GL at the angle 90°-/3. ..."
3. Architecture Goes Wild by Kas Oosterhuis (2002)
"Data-driven structures will be able to adapt themselves physically to changing
circumstances. A data-driven structure can change shape in real time. ..."
4. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1906)
"The power of the individual cells to change shape by a process of contraction,
comparable to that of a muscle, gives the peculiar character to many of the ..."
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