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Definition 2024
morph
morph
See also: -morph
English
Noun
morph (plural morphs)
- (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.
- (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
- A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
Translations
allomorph — see allomorph
Etymology 2
Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.
Verb
morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed)
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
- 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):