transform

Verbs

  • (v) subject to a mathematical transformation
  • (v) 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
    transmute, transubstantiate,
  • (v) change in outward structure or looks
    • He transformed into a monster
    • The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
    transmute, metamorphose,
  • (v) change from one form or medium into another
    • Braque translated collage into oil
    translate,
  • (v) convert (one form of energy) to another
    • transform energy to light
  • (v) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
  • (v) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

Synonyms

transmute transubstantiate metamorphose translate

Words of close approximity

transformable transformation transformed transformer transforming gene