morph
noun
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Definition of morph
(Entry 1 of 5)
1a
: allomorph
b
: a distinctive collocation of phones (such as a portmanteau form) that serves as the realization of more than one morpheme in a context (such as the French du for the sequence of de and le)
2a
: a local population of a species that consists of interbreeding organisms and is distinguishable from other populations by morphology or behavior though capable of interbreeding with them
b
: a phenotypic variant of a species
morph
verb
morphed;
morphing;
morphs
Definition of morph (Entry 2 of 5)
: to change the form or character of : transform
: to undergo transformation
especially
: to undergo transformation from an image of one object into that of another especially by means of computer-generated animation
morph
abbreviationDefinition of morph (Entry 3 of 5)
morph-
combining form
variants:
or morpho-
Definition of morph- (Entry 4 of 5)
1
: form
morphogenesis
2
: morpheme
morphophonemics
-morph
noun combining formDefinition of -morph (Entry 5 of 5)
: one having (such) a form
isomorph
Examples of morph in a Sentence
Verb
The picture of a dog morphed into a picture of a cat. Using the new software, we morphed a picture of a dog into a picture of a cat. a quiet college student who has morphed into a glamorous actress He is trying to morph himself into a different person.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Sometimes the meaning of such experiences doesn’t come into focus until later—the piano lessons you were forced to take as a child morph into a predisposition for synth-pop. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, "Stephen Cheng Released One Single That Sounded Like Nothing Else. But Who Was He?," 24 Aug. 2019 His system is predicated on two-deep safety pre-snap looks that morph into grey hybrid coverages with both man and zone principles. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "Vic Fangio Expected to Elevate Broncos’ D, But Joe Flacco and the Offense Will Struggle," 19 Aug. 2019 Spadefoot toad tadpoles’ head sizes morph in response to the type of food available. — Starre Vartan, National Geographic, "Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that become cannibals," 26 June 2019 The other European 27 member states—already wrestling with U.S. trade threats, discord over migration and Italy’s budget deficit—don’t want to see Brexit morph into a deeper crisis. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, "U.K., EU Approve Hard-Fought Brexit Divorce Deal. Now the Harder Work Begins.," 25 Nov. 2018 Alas, three grand just happens to be the tipping point for the active exhaust system, when the Pista’s exhaust note morphs from its unprepossessing, razzy flatulence at low revs to something approaching a proper snarl. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "I Drove a Screaming Fast Ferrari Among Ordinary Cars," 21 Feb. 2019 But those fights sort of morph into hearings—grievances aired, context disclosed, perspectives explained and vetted—all that. — Marie Claire, "A New Couple, A Newer Home, and 2 Paychecks," 7 Feb. 2019 After all, when class president Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is saddled with the task of helping morph art student Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) into prom queen as part of a...wait for it... — Anne T. Donahue, Marie Claire, "Is All Rom-Com Love Based on a Lie?," 12 Feb. 2019 Your coffee mug morphs into a doughnut, as if made of putty that’s been pinched and pulled. — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, "Shape Shifters," 28 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Her quiet and solitary demonstration quickly caught the attention of her peers and the media, and morphed into mass weekly classroom walkouts that halted traffic in cities from London to Melbourne. — Linda Givetash, NBC News, "How teen Greta Thunberg shifted world's gaze to climate change," 17 Aug. 2019 There was an era when Broadway musicals morphed into tours much more quickly than happens today. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "Hot musical ‘Six’ rewrites Broadway playbook with fast return to Chicago," 2 Aug. 2019 The signature House Cappuccino, a coffee-free concoction of chocolate, milk and brandy during the Etheredge era, morphed into a glossy cocktail of Armagnac, bourbon, chocolate ganache and organic milk. — Paolo Lucchesi, SFChronicle.com, "North Beach’s 100-year-old Tosca Cafe closes while owner April Bloomfield seeks new buyer," 29 July 2019 His depiction of children subject to draconian rules morphed into a large-scale challenge to the repressive deployment of tradition and law. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films," 26 July 2019 In the young adult division, Best of Show honors went to Thomas Cho for his clever drawing of Chinese terracotta warriors morphing into skyscrapers. — Richard Chang, Daily Pilot, "Get yer fresh, hot art at the OC Fair," 18 July 2019 As her sibling Dorabella, Sarah Larsen not only has a wonderful combination of gentleness and power, but weaves the most compelling characterization onstage, the dutiful daughter morphing into a rebellious scamp. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: ‘Cosi fan tutte’ refuses to wilt on humid, stormy night," 15 July 2019 Announced by tweet, improvised at the last minute, this move was another instance of Trump’s overtures to autocrats and dictators — on grounds that warm relationships will morph into great political deals. — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, "Rubin: Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un isn’t producing results," 8 July 2019 The 1980s proved shattering — but also galvanizing — for gay Americans, as an initially mysterious, unnamed disease morphed into the AIDS epidemic. — Washington Post, "50 years after Stonewall, LGBT rights are a work in progress," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'morph.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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