VERB | change | transmute, transform, metamorphose | change in outward structure or looks |
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change | transmute, transform, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | |
change | transmute | alter the nature of (elements) |
Meaning | change in outward structure or looks. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | transform, metamorphose | |
Narrower | aurify | Transform into gold |
become, turn | Undergo a change or development | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Spanish | cambiar, convertir, transformarse, transformar, transmutar, trasmutar | |
Catalan | convertir, transformar-se, transformar, transmutar |
Meaning | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | transform, transubstantiate | |
Narrower | destalinize, destalinise | counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism |
sorcerize, sorcerise | Transform or change by means of sorcery | |
stalinize, stalinise | Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | |
transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ | |
work, work on, process | shape, form, or improve a material | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | cambiar, convertir, transformarse, transformar, transmudar, transmutar, trasformar, trasmutar | |
Catalan | convertir, transformar-se, transformar, transmutar | |
Nouns | transmutation | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something |
Meaning | Alter the nature of (elements) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Catalan | transmutar | |
Nouns | transmutation | (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) |
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