morph
[mawrf]
- 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.
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- to transform (an image) by computer.
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- to be transformed: morphing from a tough negotiator to Mr. Friendly.
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Origin of morph
morph-
- variant of morpho- before a vowel: morpheme.
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-morph
- a combining form meaning “form, structure,” of the kind specified by the initial element: isomorph.
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Origin of -morph
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Contemporary Examples
But while the drug may not morph into a money making machine, it may work to maintain the safety of residents.
I knew he was the only actor who would be willing to morph into the numerous subjects portrayed in the original images.
The notion to morph a specialty tortilla chip into a taco shell at first may sound like it would be a snap.
Taste Sensation InnovationSeptember 18, 2014
When the raven-man promises Bran that he will “fly,” does he mean the boy is about to morph into mutant bird as well?
His dialogue is positively literary in the creativeness with which he invents new ways to use and morph curse words into insults.
Historical Examples
"ber die Beziehungen zwischen Mammartasche u. Marsupium," Morph.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
morph1
- linguistics the phonological representation of a morpheme
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Word Origin
C20: shortened form of morpheme
morph2
- biology any of the different forms of individual found in a polymorphic species
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Word Origin
C20: from Greek morphē shape
morph3
- to undergo or cause to undergo morphing
- to transform or be transformed completely in appearance or characterhe morphed from nerd into pop icon
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- a morphed image
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-morph
- indicating shape, form, or structure of a specified kindectomorph
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Word Origin
from Greek -morphos, from morphē shape
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Word Origin and History for morph
as a noun, in biology, 1955; as a verb, in cinematic special effects, c.1987, short for metamorphosis. Related: Morphed; morphing. Earlier it was a slang shortening of morphine (1912).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
-morph
- Form; shape; structure:endomorph.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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morph
[môrf]
- A phenotypically distinct form of an organism or species.
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