Antonyms for transform
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : verb trans-fawrm; noun trans-fawrm |
Phonetic Transcription : verb trænsˈfɔrm; noun ˈtræns fɔrm |
Definition of transform
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French transformer, from Latin transformare "change the shape or form of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + formare "to form" (see form (v.)). Related: Transformed; transforming.
- verb change completely
- What new feeling could transform me, since I find none in me?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The sixth can create and transform living creatures if he feel inclined.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- How to transform the left overs into palatable and wholesome dishes.
- Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
- It will be easy to watch them and to see them transform, and eventually to get the butterfly.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- With uncertain hands she tried to transform that pity into sorrow, not for herself, but for him.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- These exercises correct the form of the body and transform the recruit into a soldier.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- I transform his whole life into a chain of causes and effects.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- We must transform it into beneficence, and its opposite into the idea of maleficence.
- Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
- It must not be forgotten, indeed, that the result of it upon Knox himself was to transform him.
- Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes
- You transform the instrument into something that is neither an orchestra nor a pianoforte.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
Synonyms for transform
- alter
- commute
- convert
- cook
- denature
- doctor
- make over
- metamorphose
- mold
- mutate
- reconstruct
- remodel
- renew
- revamp
- revolutionize
- shift gears
- sing different tune
- switch
- switch over
- transfer
- transfigure
- translate
- transmogrify
- transmute
- transpose
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn the corner
- turn the tables
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