morph
noun
\ ˈmȯrf
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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
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. 2018 And then these conversations kind of morph at midyear 2016 into a dossier conversation. — Fox News, "Jay Sekulow: Mueller investigation needs to end 'very soon'," 9 Aug. 2018 Arctic foxes — which remain abundant in parts of North America and Russia — come in two color morphs. — Steph Yin, New York Times, "Arctic Foxes on a Swedish Mountain Turned ‘Blue.’ It Was a Good Thing.," 28 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Teenagers who have been chosen to protect the world from aliens do it by morphing into superheroes and piloting giant robots. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Fireside Bowl, ironically a former ice factory turned bowling alley in 1941, was once a punk club before morphing back into a neighborhood bowling alley. — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, "2 food tours of Chicago: Where to eat and what to drink to savor the city," 9 Aug. 2019 Soon, DJs morphed from relatively nameless players into major stars, winning lucrative record deals and scoring top performance opportunities at shows like Coachella, the annual music and arts festival held in California. — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, "The EDM industry tends to be male-centric. Here’s how Baltimore’s female DJs are trying to combat that.," 7 Aug. 2019 At some point in our evolution—morphing from curious observers to passive watchers to hyper-consumers—binge-watching became the preferred mode for TV consumption. — Jason Parham, WIRED, "In Praise of Euphoria, the Perfect Anti-Binge TV Show," 6 Aug. 2019 The administration’s rationale is the crux of battles over the question, which have morphed from confrontations in four courts to a fierce partisan struggle with potentially huge implications for national and local politics alike. — Michael Wines, New York Times, "Trump Considering an Executive Order to Allow Citizenship Question on Census," 5 July 2019 McKinnie has spent this season morphing from a training camp invitee to a role player partly because of his defense. — Mark Medina, The Mercury News, "Inside Alfonzo McKinnie’s relationship with Jerry Stackhouse," 10 June 2019 That’s why the Pathfinder morphed from body-on-frame to a mega-Maxima. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Why the 2019 Toyota 4Runner Defies Rationality," 29 May 2019 The nation industrialized between the 1870s and the 1910s, but instead of vanishing, the disadvantages confronting black Americans simply morphed. — Calvin Schermerhorn, Twin Cities, "Calvin Schermerhorn: Why the racial wealth gap persists more than 150 years after emancipation," 27 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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