Morph
verb
To change in form or character.
Caterpillars will eventually morph into beautiful butterflies.
Often appears as...
- morph into
- morph from
noun
An instance or result of changing in form or character.
The morph from a shy child to a confident adult took many years.
Often appears as...
- undergo a morph
- the final morph
verb
To change smoothly from one image to another using computer animation.
In the movie, the character's face was morphed into a monster's face.
Often appears as...
- morph into
- morph from
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Technical
noun
A distinct form based on a single trait, such as color, of a species in their natural population.
The blue morph is a rare variant of the species.
Often appears as...
- color morph
- rare morph
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Academic
verb
To change in form or character.
Caterpillars will eventually morph into beautiful butterflies.
Often appears as...
- morph into
- morph from
noun
An instance or result of changing in form or character.
The morph from a shy child to a confident adult took many years.
Often appears as...
- undergo a morph
- the final morph
verb
To change smoothly from one image to another using computer animation.
In the movie, the character's face was morphed into a monster's face.
Often appears as...
- morph into
- morph from
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A distinct form based on a single trait, such as color, of a species in their natural population.
The blue morph is a rare variant of the species.
Often appears as...
- color morph
- rare morph
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Change
Often implies improvement or a desired transformation.
Their business plans morphed into a successful empire.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Twist
Used when something changes in a surprising or unanticipated way.
The plot morphed in a way no one saw coming.
Pro Tip 3/3Continuous Process
Implies a gradual and ongoing change, rather than instant.
His ideas morphed over years of research.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Change
Often implies improvement or a desired transformation.
Their business plans morphed into a successful empire.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Twist
Used when something changes in a surprising or unanticipated way.
The plot morphed in a way no one saw coming.
Pro Tip 3/3Continuous Process
Implies a gradual and ongoing change, rather than instant.
His ideas morphed over years of research.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Change
Often implies improvement or a desired transformation.
Their business plans morphed into a successful empire.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Twist
Used when something changes in a surprising or unanticipated way.
The plot morphed in a way no one saw coming.
Pro Tip 3/3Continuous Process
Implies a gradual and ongoing change, rather than instant.
His ideas morphed over years of research.
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The lies our culture...
and it was now morphing into 'Teen Spirit.' I took the man's hand, the top of my head blew away, we danced, we danced, we gave ourselves up to joy." And so what I'm trying to describe is two different life mindsets. The first mountain mindset, which is about individual happiness and career success.
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How Syria's architecture...
have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference. And in turn, the coherent communities became distinct social groups, alienated from each other and alienated from the place. From my point of view,
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The Reality Behind...
Yeah. So this he is a banana morph, and so he's like super yellow. And as the bananas get older, they get more and more of these black spots. So what is it about keeping Sterling that you love so much? He's just fantastic. He is super cuddly. He'll come out and glass surf and Cuddly?
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Can wildlife adapt to...
because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant has been losing the battle against natural selection. The offspring of the brown color morphs, on the other hand,
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To raise brave girls,...
but I am saying that we are raising our girls to be timid, even helpless, and it begins when we caution them against physical risk. The fear we learn and the experiences we don't stay with us as we become women and morphs into all those things that we face and try to
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Parag Khanna maps the...
Geopolitics is a very unsentimental discipline. It's constantly morphing and changing the world, like climate change. And like our relationship with the ecosystem we're always searching for equilibrium in how we divide ourselves across the planet.
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What would you do if...
future but then this terrifying question morphed into a curiosity a possibility for the first time in my life I had some space to create anything I wanted if I dared to and so came the first of three questions if I could do anything I
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The spear-wielding stork...
In reality these are two distinct species— similar in shape and size, but never appearing at the same time. Over the following centuries, birds were said to morph into humans, plants, and even the timbers of ships.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
morphs and I build the webs and they stay up almost vertical most of them but some of them also and do hang upside down and do all sorts of funny things but it's our character that's going to
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Take "the Other" to...
they start like this, with negative otherizing. And then they morph into violent extremism. This is why I'm launching a new initiative. And it's to help all of us, myself included,
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The lies our culture...
and it was now morphing into 'Teen Spirit.' I took the man's hand, the top of my head blew away, we danced, we danced, we gave ourselves up to joy." And so what I'm trying to describe is two different life mindsets. The first mountain mindset, which is about individual happiness and career success.
Video examples
How Syria's architecture...
have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference. And in turn, the coherent communities became distinct social groups, alienated from each other and alienated from the place. From my point of view,
Video examples
The Reality Behind...
Yeah. So this he is a banana morph, and so he's like super yellow. And as the bananas get older, they get more and more of these black spots. So what is it about keeping Sterling that you love so much? He's just fantastic. He is super cuddly. He'll come out and glass surf and Cuddly?
Video examples
Can wildlife adapt to...
because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant has been losing the battle against natural selection. The offspring of the brown color morphs, on the other hand,
Video examples
To raise brave girls,...
but I am saying that we are raising our girls to be timid, even helpless, and it begins when we caution them against physical risk. The fear we learn and the experiences we don't stay with us as we become women and morphs into all those things that we face and try to
Video examples
Parag Khanna maps the...
Geopolitics is a very unsentimental discipline. It's constantly morphing and changing the world, like climate change. And like our relationship with the ecosystem we're always searching for equilibrium in how we divide ourselves across the planet.
Video examples
What would you do if...
future but then this terrifying question morphed into a curiosity a possibility for the first time in my life I had some space to create anything I wanted if I dared to and so came the first of three questions if I could do anything I
Video examples
The spear-wielding stork...
In reality these are two distinct species— similar in shape and size, but never appearing at the same time. Over the following centuries, birds were said to morph into humans, plants, and even the timbers of ships.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
morphs and I build the webs and they stay up almost vertical most of them but some of them also and do hang upside down and do all sorts of funny things but it's our character that's going to
Video examples
Take "the Other" to...
they start like this, with negative otherizing. And then they morph into violent extremism. This is why I'm launching a new initiative. And it's to help all of us, myself included,
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I'm fortunate enough to have had an opportunity to do a range of stuff, and the thing I admire most in actors is versatility, those that morph and change, those kind of chameleon actors who are unrecognisable from one job to another. That's something that I aspire to establish myself.
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Foster Friess
American Businessman
There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Christopher A. Wray
American Public Servant
Criminal and terrorist threats are morphing beyond traditional actors and tactics. We still have to worry about things like an al-Qaida cell plotting a large-scale attack, but we also now have to worry increasingly about homegrown violent extremists radicalizing in the shadows.
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Erykah Badu
American Musician
Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one.
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Michael Shermer
Writer
Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.
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Kelela
American Musician
You can never have enough reinforcements, resources for black women to thrive in the world. The topic has been addressed a million times before, but it will never end because what we're up against keeps morphing, and we have to figure out how to beat it.
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Katie Lee
American Chef
I think friendships, true friendships, morph as our lives change into what we need them to be. I am very lucky to have some really great friends, who have been there for me during my ups and downs.
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Jessi Combs
American Driver
Ideas, dreams, and goals morph as we experience life, so I'm not sure I can look at it like there's something I haven't yet achieved since I will always be striving for something more.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
In life, we mostly manage to walk around interacting with each other fairly politely. But as soon as we get into our cars, we morph into something out of 'Mad Max'.
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Peyton Manning
American Athlete
Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I'm fortunate enough to have had an opportunity to do a range of stuff, and the thing I admire most in actors is versatility, those that morph and change, those kind of chameleon actors who are unrecognisable from one job to another. That's something that I aspire to establish myself.
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Foster Friess
American Businessman
There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Christopher A. Wray
American Public Servant
Criminal and terrorist threats are morphing beyond traditional actors and tactics. We still have to worry about things like an al-Qaida cell plotting a large-scale attack, but we also now have to worry increasingly about homegrown violent extremists radicalizing in the shadows.
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Erykah Badu
American Musician
Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one.
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Michael Shermer
Writer
Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.
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Kelela
American Musician
You can never have enough reinforcements, resources for black women to thrive in the world. The topic has been addressed a million times before, but it will never end because what we're up against keeps morphing, and we have to figure out how to beat it.
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Katie Lee
American Chef
I think friendships, true friendships, morph as our lives change into what we need them to be. I am very lucky to have some really great friends, who have been there for me during my ups and downs.
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Jessi Combs
American Driver
Ideas, dreams, and goals morph as we experience life, so I'm not sure I can look at it like there's something I haven't yet achieved since I will always be striving for something more.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
In life, we mostly manage to walk around interacting with each other fairly politely. But as soon as we get into our cars, we morph into something out of 'Mad Max'.
Quote examples
Peyton Manning
American Athlete
Life is not shrinking for me; it's morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.
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