morph
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
morph (plural morphs)
(grammar, linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds. - (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
- Russian: морф
morph (plural morphs)
- (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
morph (morphs, present participle morphing; past and past participle morphed)
- (colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
- (of fantastic beings in science fiction or fantasy) To shapeshift.
- 1993, Peter David, The Siege:
- Meta leapt forward. In midair his lower half morphed, and suddenly he was one-half humanoid, one-half coiled spring.
- 1993, Peter David, The Siege:
- To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders ↗," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders ↗," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
morph (plural morphs)
Related terms- morphic
- morpho-
- morphological
- muscle morph
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