METAMORPHOSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does metamorphose mean?
• METAMORPHOSE (verb)
The verb METAMORPHOSE has 2 senses:
1. change completely the nature or appearance of
2. change in outward structure or looks
Familiarity information: METAMORPHOSE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• METAMORPHOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Change completely the nature or appearance of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
metamorphose; transmogrify; transfigure
Context examples:
In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug / The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman / Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
Hypernyms (to "metamorphose" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Change in outward structure or looks
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
metamorphose; transmute; transform
Context examples:
He transformed into a monster / The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
Hypernyms (to "metamorphose" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "metamorphose"):
aurify (transform into gold)
become; turn (undergo a change or development)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
"If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed fixing anyway." (English proverb)
"Who sleeps warmly can also be cold." (Albanian proverb)
"If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it." (Arabic proverb)
"Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk." (Corsican proverb)
