morph

Meanings

Noun

• A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds.
• An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
• A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
• A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
• morphine

Verb

• To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
• To shapeshift.
• To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

Origin

• , from Ancient Greek μορφή. Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.
• . Attested since the 1950s. See also morphology.