transform /trans-förmˈ, träns-/

1. To change the shape of
2. To change esp radically or thoroughly to another form, appearance, substance or character
3. To change the form of (an algebraic expression or geometrical figure) (mathematics)
4. To change the voltage of (an alternating current) using a transformer

To be changed in form or substance

1. An expression or figure derived from another (mathematics)
2. Any of a group of linguistic constructions related in some way through the application of transformational rules
3. (in digital computers) a process that alters the form of information without changing its meaning

transformˈable adjective

transformāˈtion noun

1. The act of transforming
2. A change of form, constitution or substance
3. Metamorphosis (zoology)
4. Transmutation
5. (in full transformation scene) a sudden, dramatic change of scene, esp a scene on the stage that changes in presence of the audience or in which the characters of the pantomime were transformed into those of the harlequinade
6. Change from one linguistic transform to another of the group
7. (also transformational rule) any of a number of grammatical rules converting the deep structure of a sentence into its surface structure (linguistics)
8. Reflection, rotation, translation or dilatation (geometry)
9. The alteration of the bacterial or eukaryotic cell genotype following the uptake of purified DNA (biology)
10. The alteration of cells in tissue-culture so that they behave like cancer cells (biology)
11. A transformed person (Shakespeare)
12. False hair, a wig (archaic)

transformāˈtional adjective

• drearings
• drearisome
• dreary
• dreck
• dreckier
• dreckiest
• drecks
• drecky
• dredge
• dredge-box
• dredged
• dredger
• dredgers
• dredges
• dredge up
• dredging
• dredging-box
• dree
• dreed
• dreeing
• dree one's weird
• drees
• dreg
• decaff
• decaffeinate