Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To shape badly; deform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shape ill; give bad form to; deform.
- noun A bad or distorted shape or figure; deformity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
shape badly or incorrectly.
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Examples
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Moccasins just broadened her feet healthily, while she did not misshape them by running with the dogs in her childhood. '
The Wife of a King 2010
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“Witches have the power to misshape us, destroy us!”
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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“Witches have the power to misshape us, destroy us!”
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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“Witches have the power to misshape us, destroy us!”
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Current events often shape, sometimes misshape, presidential politics.
Congressional Midterm Elections Over, 2012 Presidential Race Next 2010
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Moccasins just broadened her feet healthily, while she did not misshape them by running with the dogs in her childhood. '
The Wife of a King 2010
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Holes and loose threads and this odd misshape that rarely covered her radio, much less the stainless steel perculator she'd found (!) behind Walgreens.
loose threads 2010
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Why do people continue to misshape this into something that resembles a practical debate?
Is the FutureGen 'Clean Coal' Project Back in the Stimulus Bill? 2010
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Together, the legal narrative they crafted contributed to Garvey's untimely death, tainted his legacy for decades, and helped to misshape the future of the 20th century struggle for racial justice.
Hansford on Death by Narrative and the Marcus Garvey Case Mary L. Dudziak 2009
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And if they're not money, then they're just grubby germ-infested copper discs that weigh down your pockets or misshape your wallet.
This blog is worth every penny. Jay 2009
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