Dictionary entry details
• TRANSFORM (verb)
Meaning:
Subject to a mathematical transformation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
transubstantiate; transform; transmute
Context examples:
This experience transformed her completely / She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture / transubstantiate one element into another
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transform"):
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)
destalinise; destalinize (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism)
process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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 "transform" 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 "transform"):
aurify (transform into gold)
become; turn (undergo a change or development)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Change from one form or medium into another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
translate; transform
Context example:
Braque translated collage into oil
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transform"):
metricise; metricize (express in the metric system)
diagonalise; diagonalize (transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Convert (one form of energy) to another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
transform energy to light
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "transform" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
