transform (v.)

  1. subject to a mathematical transformation

  2. 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

    [ Syn: transmute , transubstantiate ]

  3. change in outward structure or looks; He transformed into a monster; The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

    [ Syn: transmute , metamorphose ]

  4. change from one form or medium into another; Braque translated collage into oil

    [ Syn: translate ]

  5. convert (one form of energy) to another; transform energy to light'

  6. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

  7. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

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