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English verb: transform | |||
| 1. | transform (change) subject to a mathematical transformation | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 2. | transform (change) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | ||
| Samples | This experience transformed her completely. She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture. Transubstantiate one element into another. | ||
| Synonyms | transmute, transubstantiate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | destalinise, destalinize, process, sorcerise, sorcerize, stalinise, stalinize, transubstantiate, work, work on | ||
| 3. | transform (change) change in outward structure or looks | ||
| Samples | He transformed into a monster. The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle. | ||
| Synonyms | metamorphose, transmute | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aurify, become, turn | ||
| 4. | transform (change) change from one form or medium into another | ||
| Samples | Braque translated collage into oil. | ||
| Synonyms | translate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | diagonalise, diagonalize, metricise, metricize | ||
| 5. | transform (change) convert (one form of energy) to another | ||
| Samples | Transform energy to light. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 6. | transform (change) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 7. | transform (change) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
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