Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

morph

[mawrf]

Morphing Software www.adobe.com/AfterEffects Breakthrough Performance on HD footage: Now 64-Bit. Free Trial!

Dictionary.com Free Toolbar Dictionary.com Define Morph Instantly. Faster Page Loads With Fewer Ads.

noun

Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def. 2).

Biology. an individual of one particular form, as a worker ant, in a species that occurs in two or more forms.

verb (used with object)

to transform (an image) by computer.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Morph is always a great word to know.

So is lexicon. Does it mean:

to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings: The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words ?pin? and ?bin?

the total inventory of morphemes in a given language plus their combinations with additional and derivative morphemes

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

verb (used without object)

to be transformed: morphing from a tough negotiator to Mr. Friendly.

Origin:
1945–50; back formation from morpheme, or independent use of -morph

Related forms

mor·phic, adjective

Example Sentences

And with the aid of digital effects, one style would morph into another.

Once college athletics got to be big money it was natural that it would morph into a model for organized crime.

Over the next five months these tiny missives would morph into a complex, engrossing and even lyrical narrative.

EXPAND

And with the aid of digital effects, one style would morph into another.

Once college athletics got to be big money it was natural that it would morph into a model for organized crime.

Over the next five months these tiny missives would morph into a complex, engrossing and even lyrical narrative.

Markings on underparts are less distinct on rufous morph birds.

Colonies of fire ants numbering in the thousands can morph into sturdy, waterproof rafts that can remain afloat for months.

There's also a fun interactive station where you can literally morph yourself into an early hominid.

Click ahead for a look at how the traditional cottage garden can morph to fit your own personal gardening style.

Gondry wanted to morph shots of a scene from different perspectives into one take.

But the promise of embryonic stem cells for medicine rests on more than their powers to morph into any body tissue.

Yet, over the past week, the drug firms' crisis has appeared to morph into something uniquely dark and dangerous.

Despite their reputation as static structures, galaxies often collide and morph into peculiar new shapes.

Key to treating some cancers may be blasting viruses that cause them before they morph into malignancies.

Self-reconfiguring robots can morph into a variety of shapes to traverse rough terrain.

Politicos who morph into journalists do themselves and their new profession no favor if they fail to shed their partisan habits.

At close range the oil drips and beads of sweat morph into fascinating and weird forms.

Two subspecies of side-blotched lizard that originated from populations with three morphs now have only a single color morph.

These projects morph into bloated bureaucratic make-work projects.

Left on their own, they gather in shape-shifting strands that morph into stable configurations.

Wireless phones are continuing to morph into personal organizers that include everything but the kitchen sink.

If it were to morph into a new party, it could lose many of its supporters.

Fold-down straps and top morph this comfortable dress into a causal skirt ideal for travel.

As our primate ancestors' intellects deepened, their bodies continued to morph.

One of the ideas students liked: physical objects that can morph into different shapes.

Auteuil can morph from a rabbity milquetoast into a shark.

And codes of conduct are always liable to morph into trade-union rulebooks.

Expedition racing is going to morph into an alternate form of adventure travel.

Tropical rainforests may morph into completely new ecosystems if climate change continues apace, researchers report.

Movie studios spend billions to morph strings of code into giant robots, flying superheroes, and apocalyptic mushroom clouds.

Rooms, doors and windows morph into trick-or-treat versions of themselves.

It will morph to accommodate changes in in thought or concepts.

When men morph into fathers, they experience a neural revival that benefits their children.

My solution to getting that part of him to merge with his monstrous side was to have his face morph.

The position is heavily oriented towards academic advising and, eventually, could morph to include registrar functions as well.

But the swings in almost all financial markets this month have made dispersed risk suddenly morph into dispersed mistrust.

As venerable sports traditions die or morph into silliness, people from all walks of life are making up their own.

She has watched these landscapes morph as humans try to anchor barrier islands that were never destined to stand still.

Motor controlled rods running through the material morph its shape.

Smith shows us how quickly the ordinary can morph into a nightmare.

Images morph into one another, everything unfolding with a haunting, dreamlike serenity.

Auteuil can morph from a rabbity milquetoast into a.

The reason: a carcinogenic gene is among those used to nudge adult skin cells to morph into embryoniclike stem cells.

It's a netbook that can morph into a picture frame.

Harris has chosen five two-word phrases that can morph into five other two-word phrases.

Fusion power is when you take two atoms and sort of morph them together to make a new atom.

So there is plenty of time for your budding geeklet to morph into his eventual place in the world of geek.

Didion instantly saw ordinary life morph into a nightmare.

Balmond will turn the building itself into a brace and morph the floors into ramps that distribute the load downward.

Rose was going to morph into a mother lion, in clogs.

Palin is now trying to unmake that makeover and morph from uptown cloistered girl back to down-home accessible girl.

At the same time, the term geek began to morph from epithet to honorific.

COLLAPSE

Dictionary.com Unabridged

variant of morpho- before a vowel: morpheme.

a combining form meaning “form, structure,” of the kind specified by the initial element: isomorph.

Origin:
< Greek -morphos; see -morphous

Link To morph

Collins

World English Dictionary

morph¹ (mɔːf)

—n
	linguistics the phonological representation of a morpheme

[C20: shortened form of morpheme]

morph² (mɔːf)

—n
	biology any of the different forms of individual found in a polymorphic species

[C20: from Greek morphē shape]

morph³ (mɔːf)

—vb
1.	to undergo or cause to undergo morphing
2.	to transform or be transformed completely in appearance or character: he morphed from nerd into pop icon

—n
3.	a morphed image

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

morph

as a noun, in biology, 1955; as a verb, in cinematic special effects, c.1987, short for metamorphosis. Related: Morphed; morphing.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

-morph suff.
Form; shape; structure: endomorph.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

morph (môrf) Pronunciation Key
A phenotypically distinct form of an organism or species.

American Heritage

Abbreviations & Acronyms