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DISTORTED SHAPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distorted shape mean?
• DISTORTED SHAPE (noun)
The noun DISTORTED SHAPE has 1 sense:
1. a shape resulting from distortion
Familiarity information: DISTORTED SHAPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shape resulting from distortion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
distorted shape; distortion
Hypernyms ("distorted shape" is a kind of...):
form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distorted shape"):
contortion; crookedness; torsion; tortuosity; tortuousness (a tortuous and twisted shape or position)
Context examples
Suddenly the broad disk of the moon arose and shone full upon his ghastly and distorted shape as he fled with more than mortal speed.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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