metamorphose

[US]/ˌmetə'mɔːfəʊz/
[UK]/ˌmɛtə'mɔrfoz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause to change in form or nature
vi. undergo a change in form or nature

Example Sentences

Circe metamorphosed men into swine.

A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

The caterpillar has metamorphosed into a butterfly.

feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults.

It has a prismatic and splintery texture and is abundant in regionally metamorphosed (see metamorphism) rocks such as schists.

Hwanung metamorphosed himself, lay with her, and begot a son called Tangun Wanggom.

To date, komatiites with spinifex textures have not been found in the supracrustal rocks, but rock sequences similar to greenstones metamorphosed up to upper amphibolite facies are often observed.

They were exhumed upto the surface together with the Dabie complex after they were metamorphosed into eclogite at depth.During exhumation eclogite underwent different degrees of retrometamorphism.

Real-world Examples

A series of colourful digital portraits suddenly metamorphosed into pictures of antique carpets.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And after metamorphosing into the adult butterfly, their bright colours advertise their toxicity.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

Phaethon's sisters gathered on the riverbank to weep, gradually metamorphosing into poplar trees that leaked precious amber into the water.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Maybe you would see him metamorphosing.

Source: BBC Ideas

Their rickety cottage had metamorphosed into a gleaming temple for the gods.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

They multiply and metamorphose— substituting their rounded structures for elongated thread-like forms called hyphae.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

The surface of Venus, meanwhile, is hot enough to melt lead—hot enough that McSween thinks most of its surface rock should have metamorphosed.

Source: National Geographic Reading Selections

But the mermaid metamorphosed herself quickly and got away like a meteor.

Source: Pan Pan

The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it.

Source: Jian Ya Reading 1

On Earth, there's an efficient way " to get those rocks up to the surface and cycle surface rocks down to be metamorphosed, " McSween says.

Source: National Geographic Reading Selections

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