transmute

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verb

1. change in outward structure or looks (Freq. 2)
- He transformed into a monster
- The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
• Syn:
transform, metamorphose
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
aurify, become, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature (Freq. 1)
- This experience transformed her completely
- She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
- transubstantiate one element into another
• Syn:
transform, transubstantiate
• Derivationally related forms:
transubstantiation (for: transubstantiate), transmutation, transformation (for: transform)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
transubstantiate, sorcerize, sorcerise, stalinize, stalinise,
destalinize, destalinise, work, work on, process
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. alter the nature of (elements)
• Derivationally related forms:
transmutation
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  transform, transubstantiate, metamorphose