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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -morph n combining form - indicating shape, form, or structure of a specified kind: ectomorph
Etymology: from Greek -morphos, from morphē shape-morphic, -morphous adj combining form -morphy n combining form -morph-, root. - -morph- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "form;
shape.'' This meaning is found in such words as: amorphous, anthropomorphism, metamorphosis, morpheme, morphine.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024morph (môrf ),USA pronunciation n. - Linguisticsa sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Cf. allomorph (def. 2).
- Developmental Biology, Biology[Biol.]an individual of one particular form, as a worker ant, in a species that occurs in two or more forms.
v.t. - Computingto transform (an image) by computer.
v.i. - to be transformed:morphing from a tough negotiator to Mr. Friendly.
- back formation from morpheme, or independent use of -morph 1945–50
- var. of morpho- before a vowel:morpheme.
-morph, - a combining form meaning "form, structure,'' of the kind specified by the initial element:isomorph.
- Greek -morphos; see -morphous
+ v.t. - Computingto transform (an image) by computer.
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