Transform

[træns'fɔːm;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'fɔrm]

Definition

(verb.) change in outward structure or looks; 'He transformed into a monster'; 'The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle'.

(verb.) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage).

(verb.) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species.

(verb.) convert (one form of energy) to another; 'transform energy to light'.

(verb.) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; 'This experience transformed her completely'; 'She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture'; 'transubstantiate one element into another'.

(verb.) subject to a mathematical transformation.

Checker: Percy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

(v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

(v. t.) To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

(v. t.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

(v. i.) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

Inputed by Annie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Transfigure, transmute, metamorphose, change the form of.

Editor: Vito

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Transfigure, metamorphose, change, transmute

ANT:Stabilitate, arrest, perpetuate, conserve

Edited by Denny

Definition

v.t. to change the shape of: to change into another substance: to change the disposition.—v.i. to be changed in form or substance.—adj. Transfor′mable.—ns. Transformā′tion change of form or substance metamorphosis: the change of one metal into another: (path.) any morbid change in a part; Transformā′tion-scene any scene on the stage which changes in presence of the audience.—adj. Transfor′mative.—ns. Transfor′mātor Transfor′mer.—p.adj. Transfor′ming effecting or able to effect a change of form or state.—ns. Transfor′mism the theory of the development of one species from another; Transfor′mist.—adj. Transformis′tic.

Typed by Ferris

Examples

Checker: Tina

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