verb
morph
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verb
1
To change smoothly and gradually from one form or shape into another, especially through computer animation.
"The video shows one face morphing into another."
"His startup idea slowly morphed into something completely different."
noun
1
A digital effect or image created by smoothly blending one form into another.
"The film's famous morph took hours of animation work."
How to Use Morph
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo gradually change shape or form into something else, or the effect that shows this happening.
Common pairings
morph into
a face morph
morphing effect
Word Forms
morphed past tense, morphs plural, morphs plural, morphs plural, morphs plural, morphs singular
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Etymology
A shortened, back-formed version of "morpheme," ultimately from Greek morphē ("form, shape"); the verb sense arose from computer animation in the 1980s-90s.