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- Dictionarymetamorphose/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz/
verb
- 1. (of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form: "feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults"
- 2. subject (rock) to metamorphism: "the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock"
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The meaning of METAMORPHOSE is to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means. How to use metamorphose in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Metamorphose.
Use the verb metamorphose to describe a total transformation, like an egg into a bird or a seed into a tomato plant. When someone or something changes in appearance, they also metamorphose, the way a messy kid does when he tucks in his shirt and combs his hair.
to change into a completely different form or type: The awkward boy I knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man. Synonyms. change (BECOME DIFFERENT) transform. transmogrify humorous. turn (someone/something) into someone/something. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing.
To metamorphose or be metamorphosed means to develop and change into something completely different.
to change into a completely different form or type: The awkward boy I knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man. Synonyms. change (BECOME DIFFERENT) transform. transmogrify humorous. turn (someone/something) into someone/something. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing.
Metamorphose definition: to change the form or nature of; transform.. See examples of METAMORPHOSE used in a sentence.
1. To be changed or transformed: "the man whom he would be if he could become, metamorphose into, the lover, the husband" (William Faulkner). 2. To undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism. [French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis; see metamorphosis.]
The meaning of METAMORPHOSIS is change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means. How to use metamorphosis in a sentence. Did you know?
to change or make something or someone change into something completely different, especially over a period of time synonym transform The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English met‧a‧mor‧phose /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz $ -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way → transform metamorphose into From an easy-going young girl, she had metamorphosed into a neurotic ...
