transform

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To change markedly the appearance or form of.
• intransitive verb To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert: synonym: convert.
• intransitive verb Mathematics To subject to a transformation.
• intransitive verb Electricity To subject to the action of a transformer.
• intransitive verb Genetics To subject (a cell) to transformation.
• intransitive verb To undergo a transformation.
• noun The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In mathematics, the figure or function or operator which results from performing the operation of transformation.
• To change the form of; metamorphose; change to something dissimilar.
• Specifically, in alchemy, to change into another substance; transmute.
• To change the nature, character, or disposition of.
• In mathematics, to alter from one figure or expression to another differing in form but equal in quantity. See transformation, 4.
• To change in appearance or character; undergo transformation; be metamorphosed: as, some insects transform under ground; the pupa transforms into the imago.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb rare To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
• transitive verb To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose.
• transitive verb To change into another substance; to transmute.
• transitive verb To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
• transitive verb (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive to change greatly the appearance or form of
• verb transitive to change the nature, condition or function of
• verb transitive (mathematics) to subject to a transformation
• verb transitive (electricity) to subject to the action of a transformer
• verb transitive (genetics) to subject (a cell) to transformation
• verb intransitive to undergo a transformation
• noun mathematics the result of a transformation

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb subject to a mathematical transformation
• verb convert (one form of energy) to another
• verb increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
• verb change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
• verb change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
• verb change in outward structure or looks
• verb change from one form or medium into another