English to English
verb
- subject to a mathematical transformation
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change in outward structure or looks
He transformed into a monster.
The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change from one form or medium into another
Braque translated collage into oil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- convert (one form of energy) to another
Transform energy to light.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
source: WordNet 3.0
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
source: WordNet 3.0
- To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
source: Webster 1913
- To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
source: Webster 1913
