transform

Verb

• increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

• change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

• convert (one form of energy) to another
  • transform energy to light
    

• change from one form or medium into another
  • Braque translated collage into oil
    

• change in outward structure or looks
  • He transformed into a monster
    
  • The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
    

• change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  • This experience transformed her completely
    
  • She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
    
  • transubstantiate one element into another
    

• subject to a mathematical transformation

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  translate , transmute , metamorphose , transubstantiate