transform

verb

1. subject to a mathematical transformation

   verb.change

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

   verb.change

   Examples

   This experience transformed her completely.

   She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture.

   Synonyms transmute transubstantiate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. change in outward structure or looks

   verb.change

   Examples

   He transformed into a monster.

   Synonyms metamorphose transmute

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. change from one form or medium into another

   verb.change

   Synonyms translate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. convert (one form of energy) to another

   verb.change

   Examples

   Transform energy to light.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   verb.change

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

   verb.change

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately <i>transformed</i> into a butterfly.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

9. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

   verb

   Source: webster1913