transform

1. Subject to a mathematical transformation (synset 200545091)
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature (synset 200383306)
   "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: transmute, transubstantiate
3. Change in outward structure or looks (synset 200382272)
   "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • aurify - transform into gold
   • become, turn - undergo a change or development
   same as: metamorphose, transmute
4. Change from one form or medium into another (synset 200384213)
   "Braque translated collage into oil"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • metricise, metricize - express in the metric system
   • diagonalise, diagonalize - transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
   same as: translate
5. Convert (one form of energy) to another (synset 200382927)
   "transform energy to light"
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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 (synset 200382681)
   referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
7. Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) (synset 200382521)
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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