transform

transform is a 9-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
2. transitive verb. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. transitive verb. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
4. transitive verb. To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
5. intransitive verb. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
6. verb. change in outward structure or looks

   "He transformed into a monster"

   "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

   Synonyms: metamorphose, transmute

7. verb. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
8. verb. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
9. verb. convert (one form of energy) to another

   "transform energy to light"

10. verb. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

    "This experience transformed her completely"

    "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"

    Synonyms: transmute

11. verb. change from one form or medium into another

    "Braque translated collage into oil"

    Synonyms: translate

12. verb. subject to a mathematical transformation

Synonyms

metamorphose, transmute, translate

Common word forms

transforms, transformed, transformer, transforming, transformable

Words from these letters

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