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malform

malform verb: to form badly or wrongly.

Verb

malform (third-person singular simple present malforms, present participle malforming, simple past and past participle malformed)

  1. (transitive) To form badly or wrongly.
    Synonyms:
    misform

Noun

malform (plural malforms)

  1. Something formed badly or wrongly.

Synonyms of malform

Forms of malform

Verb
third-person singular presentmalforms
present participlemalforming
past participlemalformed
pastmalformed
Noun
pluralmalforms

Origin of malform

From mal- + form.

Words formed from malform

Questions about malform

What does malform mean?
Malform means to form badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is malform?
Malform can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of malform?
The past tense of malform is malformed.

Words near malform in the dictionary

  1. malfed
  2. malfixation
  3. malfixations
  4. malfolded
  5. malfolding
  6. malform
  7. malformation
  8. malformational
  9. malformations
  10. malformative
  11. malformatted

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