What part of speech is deformed?

"Deformed" can be a few different parts of speech, depending on how it's used in a sentence:

* Adjective: Describing something that is misshapen or abnormal in form.

* Example: "The sculpture was deformed by the fire."

* Verb (past participle): Describing something that has been misshapen or altered.

* Example: "The metal was deformed by the impact."

* Verb (past tense): Describing an action of misshaping something.

* Example: "The accident deformed his leg."

So, the part of speech depends on the context.