morph

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.

2. (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.

3. (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.

4. A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.

verb

1. cause to change shape in a computer animation

- The computer programmer morphed the image

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

2. change shape as via computer animation

- In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther

Definition categories: change, contort, deform, distort, wring