METAMORPHOSE


Meaning of METAMORPHOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ metəmɔ:(r)foʊz ]

( metamorphoses, metamorphosing, metamorphosed)

To metamorphose or be metamorphosed means to develop and change into something completely different. ( FORMAL )

...hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs...

The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land...

She had been metamorphosed by the war.

VERB : V into/from n , V , be V-ed , also V n

see also metamorphosis

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