transform
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (7)transforms, transformed, transforming
- subject to a mathematical transformationMore general change, alter
- 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”Synonyms: transmutetransubstantiateMore general change, alterMore specific work, transubstantiate, destalinize, stalinize, sorcerize
- change in outward structure or looks“He transformed into a monster”“The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle”Synonyms: transmutemetamorphoseMore general changeMore specific become, aurify
- change from one form or medium into another“Braque translated collage into oil”Synonyms: translateMore general change, alterMore specific metricize, diagonalize
- convert (one form of energy) to another“transform energy to light”More general change, alter
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related speciesMore general change, alter
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
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Translations
Verb change greatly the appearance or form of
- Spanish
- transformar
- French
- transformer
- German
- verwandeln
- Italian
- trasformare
- Portuguese
- transformar
- Russian
- трансформи́ровать transformírovatʹ
- Arabic
- حَوَّلَ ḥawwala
- Chinese
- 变形 biànxíng
- Japanese
- 変える kaeru
- Dutch
- transformeren
14 more languages
- Polish
- przekształcać
- Swedish
- transformera
- Greek
- μεταμορφώνω metamorfóno
- Indonesian
- mengubah
- Hungarian
- transzformál
- Portuguese (PT)
- transformar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 變換 biànhuàn
- Albanian
- transformoj
- Catalan
- transformar
- Czech
- proměnit
- Esperanto
- transformi
- Romanian
- transforma
- Serbo-Croatian
- transformirati
- Slovak
- premeniť
Verb change the nature, condition or function of
- Spanish
- transformar
- French
- transformer
- German
- umwandeln
- Italian
- trasformare
- Portuguese
- transformar
- Polish
- przekształcić
- Greek
- μεταμορφώνω metamorfóno
- Portuguese (PT)
- transformar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 轉化 zhuǎnhuà
- Esperanto
- transformi
2 more languages
- Finnish
- muuntaa
- Romanian
- transforma
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See Form, transitive verb
1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster.— William Shakespeare
2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.— Rom. xii. 2.
4. Mathematics To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. rare
His hair transforms to down.— Joseph Addison
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54