transform

英[træns'fɔːm;trɑːns-;-nz-] 美[træns'fɔrm]

1. subject to a mathematical transformation

2. 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"

3. change in outward structure or looks;

"He transformed into a monster"

"The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

4. change from one form or medium into another;

"Braque translated collage into oil"

5. convert (one form of energy) to another;

"transform energy to light"

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

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