transform

Definitions of transform in various dictionaries:

verb - subject to a mathematical transformation

verb - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

verb - change in outward structure or looks

verb - change from one form or medium into another

verb - convert (one form of energy) to another

verb - 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 - increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

To change markedly the appearance or form of: “A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons” (David Michael Kaplan).

To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert.

To subject to a transformation.

To subject (a construction) to a transformation.

To subject to the action of a transformer.

To subject (a bacterial cell) to transformation.