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noun
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
- Someone or something who changes things.
- A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
- a person who changes something
- an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
noun
- Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
- (fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Transformer.
- (machine learning) A neural network architecture composed of layers of attention which takes sequences of tokens (representing text, images, audio, or other modalities) as input.
- (electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.
- an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
noun
- (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
- (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
- (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
- (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
- Tonic water.
- A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
adj
- Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
- (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
- (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.
- Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
- Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
- relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
- (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
- imparting vitality and energy
- of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
noun
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- (of a law) having legal validity
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
noun
- a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
- a person who follows next in order
- a person who inherits some title or office
- A person who inherits a title or office.
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
- The next heir in order or succession.
noun
- A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.
- an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance
- a complete reconstruction and renovation of something
noun
verb
noun
- One who reproduces something.
- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
verb
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
noun
noun
- One who undergoes transformation to take on various forms.
- (historical, geology) A proponent of one side of an early geological controversy in the late 19th and early 20th century who held that differences between various nonsedimentary rocks and minerals could be explained by metamorphic processes rather than the opposing viewpoint that these differences resulted from cooling of different types of magma.
- A metamorphic rock.
- (Christianity, theology) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into God when he ascended.
- (Islam, theology) One who believes that some species were not part of the original creation but arose as the transformed souls of sinners.
- One who believes in social transformation.
adj
noun
- The transformation of something into a human being.
- The literal transformation of something into flesh or meat.
- Carnal (sexual) activity.
- (medicine, botany) A similar pathological transformation to other types of tissue so that it becomes fibrous and dense.
- The process of something nonphysical taking on a physical form (not necessarily involving flesh).
- (medicine) A pathological process in which chronic inflammation or infection causes lung tissue to organize into a fibrous form that resembles meat, which can lead to a loss of normal lung function.
verb
- Rework old material; rehash.
- (transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
- (transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
- (transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
- use parts of something to repair something else
- eat human flesh
verb
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
noun
- The conversion of something into a physical form.
- (databases) The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
- (physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
- the process of coming into being; becoming reality
- something that comes into existence as a result
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
noun
noun
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
- Someone or something who changes things.
- A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
- a person who changes something
- an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
noun
- Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
- (fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Transformer.
- (machine learning) A neural network architecture composed of layers of attention which takes sequences of tokens (representing text, images, audio, or other modalities) as input.
- (electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.
- an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
noun
- (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
- (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
- (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
- (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
- Tonic water.
- A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
adj
- Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
- (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
- (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.
- Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
- Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
- relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
- (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
- imparting vitality and energy
- of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
noun
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- (of a law) having legal validity
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
noun
- a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
- a person who follows next in order
- a person who inherits some title or office
- A person who inherits a title or office.
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
- The next heir in order or succession.
noun
- A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.
- an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance
- a complete reconstruction and renovation of something
noun
verb
noun
- One who reproduces something.
- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
noun
- One who undergoes transformation to take on various forms.
- (historical, geology) A proponent of one side of an early geological controversy in the late 19th and early 20th century who held that differences between various nonsedimentary rocks and minerals could be explained by metamorphic processes rather than the opposing viewpoint that these differences resulted from cooling of different types of magma.
- A metamorphic rock.
- (Christianity, theology) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into God when he ascended.
- (Islam, theology) One who believes that some species were not part of the original creation but arose as the transformed souls of sinners.
- One who believes in social transformation.
adj
noun
- The transformation of something into a human being.
- The literal transformation of something into flesh or meat.
- Carnal (sexual) activity.
- (medicine, botany) A similar pathological transformation to other types of tissue so that it becomes fibrous and dense.
- The process of something nonphysical taking on a physical form (not necessarily involving flesh).
- (medicine) A pathological process in which chronic inflammation or infection causes lung tissue to organize into a fibrous form that resembles meat, which can lead to a loss of normal lung function.
noun
- The conversion of something into a physical form.
- (databases) The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
- (physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
- the process of coming into being; becoming reality
- something that comes into existence as a result
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
verb
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
noun
verb
- Rework old material; rehash.
- (transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
- (transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
- (transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
- use parts of something to repair something else
- eat human flesh
verb
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis