Definition of "transform" []

• To change markedly the appearance or form of: "A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons” ( David Michael Kaplan). (verb-transitive)
• To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert. See Synonyms at convert. (verb-transitive)
• Mathematics To subject to a transformation. (verb-transitive)
• Electricity To subject to the action of a transformer. (verb-transitive)
• Genetics To subject (a cell) to transformation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Fourier transform is also named in his honour."
• "Watching them transform from a start-up company to the present day publishing beast has been nothing if not inspiring."
• "I transform from a rock into an arrow pointed down."