transform
1. subject to a mathematical transformation (Freq. 14)
• Derivationally related forms:
transformation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature (Freq. 10)
- This experience transformed her completely
- She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
- transubstantiate one element into another
• Syn:
transmute, transubstantiate
• Derivationally related forms:
transubstantiation (for: transubstantiate), transmutation (for: transmute), transformation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
transubstantiate, sorcerize, sorcerise, stalinize, stalinise,
destalinize, destalinise, work, work on, process
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. change in outward structure or looks (Freq. 3)
- He transformed into a monster
- The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
• Syn:
transmute, metamorphose
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
aurify, become, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. change from one form or medium into another
- Braque translated collage into oil
• Syn:
translate
• Derivationally related forms:
translation (for: translate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
metricize, metricise, diagonalize, diagonalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. convert (one form of energy) to another
- transform energy to light
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
• Derivationally related forms:
transformation
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
• Derivationally related forms:
transformer
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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