transform
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
Example
“The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.”
Other meanings
To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
Related words
- nontransforming
- antitransform
- backtransform
- biotransform
- cotransform
- detransform
- electrotransform
- mistransform
- phototransform
- retransform
- supertransform
- transflection
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "transformo" (transformo, transformare).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transform” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.