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morphto change gradually from one form, shape, or state into another

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to change gradually from one form, shape, or state into another

Pronunciation (IPA): /mɔːrf/

Example Sentences

  • My cat seems to morph into a liquid when sleeping in boxes.
  • The special effects team made the actor morph into a monster.
  • His mild-mannered personality morphs completely when he's behind the wheel.

morph

VERB

[/mɔːrf/]

to change gradually from one form, shape, or state into another

someone morphing gradually from one form into another completely different state
💡 Concept

someone morphing gradually from one form into another completely different state

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/mɔːrf/
🇬🇧 UK/mɔːf/

🌳Etymology

Rootmorph

Origin

From Greek 'morphē' meaning 'form' or 'shape'. The word is connected to Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams who could change into different forms in people's dreams.

Breakdown

morph- (form/shape) + various suffixes create related words like 'morphology' (study of form) and 'metamorphosis' (change of form)

🎵Rhyme

dwarfwharfscarf
dwarf
wharf
scarf

🔗Collocations

morph into
morph together
gradually morph
color morph
digital morph

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat seems to morph into a liquid when sleeping in boxes.

The special effects team made the actor morph into a monster.

His mild-mannered personality morphs completely when he's behind the wheel.

😄 Fun example

The clouds morph from cute animals into scary faces in horror movies.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

transformmetamorphosemutateevolvechange

Antonyms

remainstaypreserve

Related

morphologymetamorphosistransformationmutationevolution

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