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# transform

verb (transform, transforms, transformed, transforming); noun (a transform — maths, rare)

«transform» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To transform something is to change it completely, often making it better: the garden was transformed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#m1)
2. To transform is to change from one form or shape into another: a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#m2)
3. (maths) To transform a shape is to move or change it by a translation, reflection, rotation or enlargement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#m3)
4. (science) To transform energy is to change it from one type into another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#m4)

### In the lessons

Science: metamorphosis — tadpoles transform into frogs; energy is transformed (e.g. a battery's chemical energy into light in a torch). Maths: transformations of shapes on a grid. Stories: magical transformations (a frog into a prince, Cinderella's pumpkin into a coach). Everyday: «The new playground transformed our school».

### Examples

- The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x1)
- The new paint transformed my bedroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x2)
- Reflect the triangle to transform it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x3)
- A solar panel transforms light into electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x4)
- In the story, the frog transformed into a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x5)
- Learning to read transformed her life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x6)
- Rotation and translation are ways to transform a shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x7)
- He had dreamt that the Princess was being carried off from him, and, transforming himself into an eagle, he flew to the palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/#x8)

### Note

Noun: transformation; person or thing that transforms: transformer (also a device that changes voltage). In maths, translation and rotation keep the same shape and size; enlargement changes the size.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah God changes and combines the letters to make all things, so letters are said to transform matter and words. In the primary lessons: Science: metamorphosis — tadpoles transform into frogs; energy is transformed (e.g. a battery's chemical energy into light in a torch). Maths: transformations of shapes on a grid. Stories: magical transformations (a frog into a prince, Cinderella's pumpkin into a coach). Everyday: «The new playground transformed our school».

### Examples

- This is a cipher: observing, transforming, making all matter and all words one name. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x1)

### Note

Noun: transformation; person or thing that transforms: transformer (also a device that changes voltage). In maths, translation and rotation keep the same shape and size; enlargement changes the size.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «transform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/transform.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «transform» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transform» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/transform.html) on Mova free.