| transform | | |
| v. (change) | 1. transform | subject to a mathematical transformation. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 2. transform, transmute, transubstantiate | 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" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ. |
| ~ sorcerise, sorcerize | transform or change by means of sorcery. |
| ~ stalinise, stalinize | transform in accordance with Stalin's policies.; "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death" |
| ~ destalinise, destalinize | counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism.; "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's" |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| v. (change) | 3. metamorphose, transform, transmute | change in outward structure or looks.; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ aurify | transform into gold. |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| v. (change) | 4. transform, translate | change from one form or medium into another.; "Braque translated collage into oil" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ metricise, metricize | express in the metric system. |
| ~ diagonalise, diagonalize | transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix. |
| v. (change) | 5. transform | convert (one form of energy) to another.; "transform energy to light" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 6. transform | change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species. |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 7. transform | increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage). |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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