the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > become distorted (5)
Of timber, etc.: To warp. intransitive.
intransitive (for reflexive). To become twisted or out of shape.
transitive and intransitive. To distort, or become distorted. Hence sheveling-gabbit adj. = shevel-gabbit at shevel, adj.; sheveling-heeled adj…